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rerailment

rerailment noun: the action of rerailing; restoring a derailed locomotive or train to its rails.

Noun

rerailment (uncountable)

  1. The action of rerailing; restoring a derailed locomotive or train to its rails.

Questions about rerailment

What does rerailment mean?
Rerailment means the action of rerailing; restoring a derailed locomotive or train to its rails.
What part of speech is rerailment?
Rerailment is a noun.

Words near rerailment in the dictionary

  1. rerailed
  2. rerailer
  3. rerailers
  4. rerailing
  5. rerailings
  6. rerailment
  7. rerails
  8. reraise
  9. reraised
  10. reraises
  11. reraising

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