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ballast wagon

ballast wagon noun: a hopper wagon used to carry ballast (stone) for railway track maintenance purposes.

ballast wagon: a hopper wagon used to carry ballast (stone) for railway track maintenance purposes
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Noun

ballast wagon (plural ballast wagons)

  1. (UK) a hopper wagon used to carry ballast (stone) for railway track maintenance purposes.

Forms of ballast wagon

pluralballast wagons

Questions about ballast wagon

What does ballast wagon mean?
Ballast wagon means a hopper wagon used to carry ballast (stone) for railway track maintenance purposes.
What part of speech is ballast wagon?
Ballast wagon is a noun.
What is the plural of ballast wagon?
The plural of ballast wagon is ballast wagons.

Words near ballast wagon in the dictionary

  1. ballast resistor
  2. ballast resistors
  3. ballast tank
  4. ballast tanks
  5. ballast up
  6. ballast wagon
  7. ballast wagons
  8. ballastage
  9. ballastages
  10. ballasted
  11. ballasted up

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