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railway sleeper

railway sleeper noun: a railroad tie.

Noun

railway sleeper (plural railway sleepers)

  1. (UK) A railroad tie.
    • West's friends were so appalled by the nature of his death that they arranged for a wooden memorial in the churchyard of St Laurence's, constructed aptly from a railway sleeper.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Reading (1840)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 56

Forms of railway sleeper

pluralrailway sleepers
alternative formrailroad sleeper

Questions about railway sleeper

What does railway sleeper mean?
Railway sleeper means a railroad tie.
What part of speech is railway sleeper?
Railway sleeper is a noun.
What is the plural of railway sleeper?
The plural of railway sleeper is railway sleepers.

Words near railway sleeper in the dictionary

  1. railway line
  2. railway lines
  3. railway poplar
  4. railway signal
  5. railway signals
  6. railway sleeper
  7. railway sleepers
  8. railway spine
  9. railway stamp
  10. railway stamps
  11. railway station

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