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ballast car

ballast car noun: a hopper car or gondola car designed to transport and spread ballast on railroad tracks.

Noun

ballast car (plural ballast cars)

  1. A hopper car or gondola car designed to transport and spread ballast on railroad tracks.

Forms of ballast car

pluralballast cars

Questions about ballast car

What does ballast car mean?
Ballast car means a hopper car or gondola car designed to transport and spread ballast on railroad tracks.
What part of speech is ballast car?
Ballast car is a noun.
What is the plural of ballast car?
The plural of ballast car is ballast cars.

Words near ballast car in the dictionary

  1. Ballarino
  2. ballas
  3. Ballasalla
  4. ballases
  5. ballast
  6. ballast car
  7. ballast cars
  8. ballast master
  9. ballast resistor
  10. ballast resistors
  11. ballast tank

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