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steam locomotives

steam locomotives is the plural of steam locomotive.

Meaning of steam locomotive

Noun

steam locomotive (plural steam locomotives)

  1. (historical) A locomotive, usually for use on a railway, that is powered by steam.
    • Inevitably the present extent and variety of the Belgian railways will diminish, and within the space of the ten-year plan we can expect to see a modern system concentrated on the main traffic routes like its neighbour in the Netherlands, and with its last steam locomotives and wooden coaches...1960 February, J. N. Faulkner, “The Belgian Railways today”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86

Questions about steam locomotives

What is steam locomotives the plural of?
Steam locomotives is the plural of steam locomotive.

Words near steam locomotives in the dictionary

  1. steam jacket
  2. steam jackets
  3. steam jacks
  4. steam loco
  5. steam locomotive
  6. steam locomotives
  7. steam locos
  8. steam lorries
  9. steam lorry
  10. steam navvies
  11. steam navvy

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