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nearside

nearside noun: the side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.

Noun

nearside (plural nearsides)

  1. (UK) The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.
    • An unhappy-looking "foreigner" on Beattock shed on August 18 was Class A2 No. 60529. It had taken the West Coast main line with an unidentified working, but failed at Lockerbie with a blown-out nearside cylinder; [...].1962 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Modern Railways, page 286
  2. The face of the Moon nearest the Earth.
  3. (US, historical) A streetcar designed to discharge passengers on the near side of an intersection, rather than the far side.

Antonyms of nearside

Forms of nearside

pluralnearsides

Origin of nearside

near + side

Questions about nearside

What does nearside mean?
Nearside means the side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.
What part of speech is nearside?
Nearside is a noun.
What is the plural of nearside?
The plural of nearside is nearsides.

Words near nearside in the dictionary

  1. nears
  2. nearshore
  3. nearshored
  4. nearshores
  5. nearshoring
  6. nearside
  7. nearsides
  8. nearsighted
  9. nearsightedly
  10. nearsightedness
  11. nearsightednesses

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