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hi-rail

hi-rail noun: interface equipment used to mount road-going trucks to railroads, allowing the rails to guide the truck.

Noun

hi-rail (plural hi-rails)

  1. Interface equipment used to mount road-going trucks to railroads, allowing the rails to guide the truck.
  2. A truck or vehicle equipped with hi-rail interface equipment.

Forms of hi-rail

pluralhi-rails

Origin of hi-rail

Abbreviation of highway-rail.

Questions about hi-rail

What does hi-rail mean?
Hi-rail means interface equipment used to mount road-going trucks to railroads, allowing the rails to guide the truck.
What part of speech is hi-rail?
Hi-rail is a noun.
What is the plural of hi-rail?
The plural of hi-rail is hi-rails.

Words near hi-rail in the dictionary

  1. hi-lo
  2. hi-los
  3. HI-MEMS
  4. Hi-Nella
  5. Hi-NRG
  6. hi-rail
  7. hi-rails
  8. hi-res
  9. hi-rise
  10. hi-rises
  11. hi-score

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