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express trains

express trains is the plural of express train.

Meaning of express train

Noun

express train (plural express trains)

  1. A train (either the service or the train itself) making limited stops.
    • All sorts of dreadful thoughts came to her all together in one horrible flash. There were such things as express trains that went on, she supposed, for hundreds of miles without stopping. Suppose this should be one of them? How would she get home again? She had no money to pay for the return...1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar
    Synonyms:
    crack train, fast train, limited

Questions about express trains

What is express trains the plural of?
Express trains is the plural of express train.

Words near express trains in the dictionary

  1. express oneself
  2. express rifle
  3. express rifles
  4. express road
  5. express train
  6. express trains
  7. express'd
  8. expressability
  9. expressable
  10. expressage
  11. expressages

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