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railway sleepers

railway sleepers is the plural of railway sleeper.

Meaning of railway sleeper

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

Questions about railway sleepers

What is railway sleepers the plural of?
Railway sleepers is the plural of railway sleeper.

Words near railway sleepers in the dictionary

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

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