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flask wagon

flask wagon noun: a special open wagon for the transport of nuclear flasks.

flask wagon: a special open wagon for the transport of nuclear flasks
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Noun

flask wagon (plural flask wagons)

  1. (UK) A special open wagon for the transport of nuclear flasks.
    • The main line fleet consists of 40 FNA-D flask wagons, 27 PFA two-axle container flats, six huge KXA-C eight-axle 'Flatrol' wagons designed to carry 110-tonne international flasks to and from Barrow Docks, and two 150-tonne-capacity French-built KUA wagons with distinctive silver sliding hoods for...2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 21

Forms of flask wagon

pluralflask wagons

Questions about flask wagon

What does flask wagon mean?
Flask wagon means a special open wagon for the transport of nuclear flasks.
What part of speech is flask wagon?
Flask wagon is a noun.
What is the plural of flask wagon?
The plural of flask wagon is flask wagons.

Words near flask wagon in the dictionary

  1. flasht
  2. flashtube
  3. flashtubes
  4. flashy
  5. flask
  6. flask wagon
  7. flask wagons
  8. flaske
  9. flasked
  10. flasker
  11. flaskers

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