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mineral railways

mineral railways is the plural of mineral railway.

Meaning of mineral railway

Noun

mineral railway (plural mineral railways)

  1. A railway used primarily for the transport of ore.
    • Just before Bloworth Crossing, you'll walk a short distance along the trackbed of the old mineral railway that connected the old ironstone mines at Rosedale with the blast furnaces of Middlesbrough.2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 64

Questions about mineral railways

What is mineral railways the plural of?
Mineral railways is the plural of mineral railway.

Words near mineral railways in the dictionary

  1. mineral makeups
  2. mineral oil
  3. mineral oils
  4. mineral processing
  5. mineral railway
  6. mineral railways
  7. mineral right
  8. mineral rights
  9. mineral salt
  10. mineral salts
  11. mineral spirits

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