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road switcher

road switcher noun: a diesel locomotive that combines the duties of a switcher with those of a locomotive hauling trains from one place to another.

Noun

road switcher (plural road switchers)

  1. (US) a diesel locomotive that combines the duties of a switcher with those of a locomotive hauling trains from one place to another.

Forms of road switcher

pluralroad switchers

Questions about road switcher

What does road switcher mean?
Road switcher means a diesel locomotive that combines the duties of a switcher with those of a locomotive hauling trains from one place to another.
What part of speech is road switcher?
Road switcher is a noun.
What is the plural of road switcher?
The plural of road switcher is road switchers.

Words near road switcher in the dictionary

  1. road slugs
  2. road spikes
  3. road spray
  4. road steamer
  5. road steamers
  6. road switcher
  7. road switchers
  8. road tax
  9. road taxes
  10. road test
  11. road tested

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