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boxcab

boxcab noun: a locomotive in which the machinery and crew areas are enclosed in a box-like superstructure.

Noun

boxcab (plural boxcabs)

  1. (Australia, especially) a locomotive in which the machinery and crew areas are enclosed in a box-like superstructure

Forms of boxcab

pluralboxcabs

Questions about boxcab

What does boxcab mean?
Boxcab means a locomotive in which the machinery and crew areas are enclosed in a box-like superstructure.
What part of speech is boxcab?
Boxcab is a noun.
What is the plural of boxcab?
The plural of boxcab is boxcabs.

Words near boxcab in the dictionary

  1. boxberries
  2. boxberry
  3. boxboard
  4. boxboards
  5. Boxborough
  6. boxcab
  7. boxcabs
  8. boxcar
  9. boxcar function
  10. boxcar functions
  11. boxcarred

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