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rail yard

rail yard noun: a complex of branching railway lines and other infrastructure in which locomotives and rolling stock are stored and rearranged.

Noun

rail yard (plural rail yards)

  1. A complex of branching railway lines and other infrastructure in which locomotives and rolling stock are stored and rearranged.

Forms of rail yard

pluralrail yards
alternative formrailyard

Origin of rail yard

From rail + yard.

Questions about rail yard

What does rail yard mean?
Rail yard means a complex of branching railway lines and other infrastructure in which locomotives and rolling stock are stored and rearranged.
What part of speech is rail yard?
Rail yard is a noun.
What is the plural of rail yard?
The plural of rail yard is rail yards.

Words near rail yard in the dictionary

  1. rail transport
  2. rail vehicle
  3. rail vehicles
  4. rail wagon
  5. rail wagons
  6. rail yard
  7. rail yards
  8. rail-babbler
  9. rail-babblers
  10. rail-based
  11. rail-carriage

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