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electric engines

electric engines is the plural of electric engine.

Meaning of electric engine

Noun

electric engine (plural electric engines)

  1. Synonym of electric locomotive.
    • No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting...1954 January, H. P. White, “Vignettes of the Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 54, at Harmon station, New York

Questions about electric engines

What is electric engines the plural of?
Electric engines is the plural of electric engine.

Words near electric engines in the dictionary

  1. electric eel
  2. electric eels
  3. electric energies
  4. electric energy
  5. electric engine
  6. electric engines
  7. electric eraser
  8. electric erasers
  9. electric eye
  10. electric eyes
  11. electric fence

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