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stopping trains

stopping trains is the plural of stopping train.

Meaning of stopping train

Noun

stopping train (plural stopping trains)

  1. A passenger train that stops at most, if not all, of the stations on the route in the course of its journey.
    • Most of the through Leicester-Birmingham workings are non-stop between Leicester and Hinckley, leaving the intermediate stations to be served by the largely hourly stopping trains between Leicester and Nuneaton.1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 135
    Synonyms:
    local, stopper

Questions about stopping trains

What is stopping trains the plural of?
Stopping trains is the plural of stopping train.

Words near stopping trains in the dictionary

  1. stopping the presses
  2. stopping time
  3. stopping times
  4. stopping traffic
  5. stopping train
  6. stopping trains
  7. stopping two gaps with one bush
  8. stopping up
  9. stopping-out
  10. stopping-outs
  11. stoppingly

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