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rail anchor

rail anchor noun: a spring steel clip that attaches to the underside of the rail baseplate and bears against the sides of the sleepers to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail.

Noun

rail anchor (plural rail anchors)

  1. A spring steel clip that attaches to the underside of the rail baseplate and bears against the sides of the sleepers to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail.
    Synonyms:
    anti-creeper

rail anchor meaning in Tamil

rail anchor in Tamil

தண்டவாள நிலைநிறுத்தி

Synonyms of rail anchor

Forms of rail anchor

pluralrail anchors

Questions about rail anchor

What does rail anchor mean?
Rail anchor means a spring steel clip that attaches to the underside of the rail baseplate and bears against the sides of the sleepers to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail.
What is rail anchor in Tamil?
Rail anchor in Tamil is தண்டவாள நிலைநிறுத்தி. See Rail anchor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rail anchor?
Rail anchor is a noun.
What is the plural of rail anchor?
The plural of rail anchor is rail anchors.

Words near rail anchor in the dictionary

  1. Raikeses
  2. raiking
  3. Raikkonen
  4. raiks
  5. rail
  6. rail anchor
  7. rail anchors
  8. rail and stile
  9. rail brake
  10. rail brakes
  11. rail car

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rail anchor (page history and authors); rail anchor (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.

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