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motor coaches

motor coaches is the plural of motor coach.

Meaning of motor coach

Noun

motor coach (plural motor coaches)

  1. A powered railway vehicle, designed for passenger transport, capable to pull (or push) other railroad cars (compared to a railcar which only consists of a single railway vehicle with a driver's cab at both ends).
    • It will be recalled that the units are formed of three-car sets, with driving trailers on either side of the motor coach. The motor coach, which has a nose-suspended motor on each axle, carries the pantograph above the guard's van.1961 March, “Interim report on the Glasgow suburban electric train failures”, in Trains Illustrated, page 175
    Synonyms:
    motorcar
    Antonyms:
    trailer car

Questions about motor coaches

What is motor coaches the plural of?
Motor coaches is the plural of motor coach.

Words near motor coaches in the dictionary

  1. motor caravans
  2. motor cars
  3. motor cause
  4. Motor City
  5. motor coach
  6. motor coaches
  7. motor cop
  8. motor cops
  9. motor cortex
  10. motor cortexes
  11. motor cortices

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