freight yard
freight yard noun: a rail yard for freight cars, typically designed for loading and unloading cargo and sorting locomotives.
Noun
freight yard (plural freight yards)
- A rail yard for freight cars, typically designed for loading and unloading cargo and sorting locomotives.
- We got into Milan early in the morning and they unloaded us in the freight yard.1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 85
- Passing trains that have no names
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles1971, Steve Goodman, “City of New Orleans”
- Synonyms:
- goods yard
Synonyms of freight yard
Forms of freight yard
| plural | freight yards |
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Questions about freight yard
- What does freight yard mean?
- Freight yard means a rail yard for freight cars, typically designed for loading and unloading cargo and sorting locomotives.
- What part of speech is freight yard?
- Freight yard is a noun.
- What is the plural of freight yard?
- The plural of freight yard is freight yards.
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