Word.ws English Dictionary

locomotives

locomotives is the plural of locomotive.

Meaning of locomotive

Noun

locomotive (plural locomotives)

  1. The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
    • As on all other British Railways standard locomotives to date, the lubrication of motion pins and reversing gear is by grease nipple and gun.1953 February, “British Railways Standard Class "4" 2-6-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 109
    Synonyms:
    engine, loco, railway engine, railroad engine
  2. (rare) A traction engine.
  3. (slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed.
  4. (archaic) Any of various early road vehicles, steam-powered, etc., forerunners of the modern car.
  5. A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the United States.

See all 8 meanings of locomotive

Phrases with locomotives

Questions about locomotives

What is locomotives the plural of?
Locomotives is the plural of locomotive.

Words near locomotives in the dictionary

  1. locomotive sheds
  2. locomotive syndrome
  3. locomotiveman
  4. locomotivemen
  5. locomotiveness
  6. locomotives
  7. locomotivity
  8. locomotor
  9. locomotor ataxia
  10. locomotorily
  11. locomotors

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: locomotives (page history and authors); locomotive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “locomotives.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/locomotives. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.