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shunting engines

shunting engines is the plural of shunting engine.

Meaning of shunting engine

Noun

shunting engine (plural shunting engines)

  1. (UK) A locomotive that carries out shunting duties.
    • Seven shunting engines are employed in Euston sidings and are responsible for the transfer trips.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99
    Synonyms:
    shunter, switcher

Questions about shunting engines

What is shunting engines the plural of?
Shunting engines is the plural of shunting engine.

Words near shunting engines in the dictionary

  1. shunted
  2. shunter
  3. shunters
  4. shunting
  5. shunting engine
  6. shunting engines
  7. shunting neck
  8. shunting necks
  9. shunting signal
  10. shunting signals
  11. shunting-yard algorithm

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