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crane locomotive

crane locomotive noun: a tank locomotive fitted with a crane for lifting purposes.

crane locomotive: a tank locomotive fitted with a crane for lifting purposes
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Noun

crane locomotive (plural crane locomotives)

  1. (obsolete) A tank locomotive fitted with a crane for lifting purposes.
    • Former North London Railway 0-4-2 saddle-tank crane locomotive, withdrawn from service in February1951 April, Railway Magazine, number 600, page 283, photo caption
    Synonyms:
    crane engine

Synonyms of crane locomotive

Forms of crane locomotive

pluralcrane locomotives

Questions about crane locomotive

What does crane locomotive mean?
Crane locomotive means a tank locomotive fitted with a crane for lifting purposes.
What part of speech is crane locomotive?
Crane locomotive is a noun.
What is the plural of crane locomotive?
The plural of crane locomotive is crane locomotives.

Words near crane locomotive in the dictionary

  1. crane engines
  2. crane flies
  3. crane fly
  4. crane game
  5. crane games
  6. crane locomotive
  7. crane locomotives
  8. crane operator
  9. crane operators
  10. crane-driver
  11. crane-drivers

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