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4-8-0

4-8-0 noun: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by four sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

4-8-0: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck...
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Noun

4-8-0 (plural 4-8-0s)

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by four sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

Forms of 4-8-0

plural4-8-0s

Questions about 4-8-0

What does 4-8-0 mean?
4-8-0 means under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by four sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.
What part of speech is 4-8-0?
4-8-0 is a noun.
What is the plural of 4-8-0?
The plural of 4-8-0 is 4-8-0s.

Words near 4-8-0 in the dictionary

  1. 4-6-6-2
  2. 4-6-6-2s
  3. 4-6-6-4
  4. 4-6-6-4s
  5. 4-7-8 method
  6. 4-8-0
  7. 4-8-0s
  8. 4-8-2
  9. 4-8-2s
  10. 4-8-4
  11. 4-8-4+4-8-4

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