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railjoint

railjoint is the alternative form of rail joint.

Meaning of rail joint

Noun

rail joint (plural rail joints)

  1. A join between two rails in a railway track placed end to end; the rails are joined by fishplates where joints are not welded.

Forms of railjoint

pluralrailjoints

Origin of railjoint

From rail + joint.

Questions about railjoint

What is railjoint the alternative form of?
Railjoint is the alternative form of rail joint.

Words near railjoint in the dictionary

  1. railing out
  2. railinged
  3. railingless
  4. railingly
  5. railings
  6. railjoint
  7. railjoints
  8. railleries
  9. raillery
  10. railless
  11. railleur

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: railjoint (page history and authors); rail joint (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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