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switching yard

switching yard is the alternative form of switchyard.

Meaning of switchyard

Noun

switchyard (plural switchyards)

  1. Part of a railway with an arrangement of switches (or points) allowing trains to be diverted and reassembled.
  2. Synonym of substation.
    Synonyms:
    substation

Forms of switching yard

pluralswitching yards

Questions about switching yard

What is switching yard the alternative form of?
Switching yard is the alternative form of switchyard.

Words near switching yard in the dictionary

  1. switching on the afterburners
  2. switching out
  3. switching tack
  4. switching teams
  5. switching up
  6. switching yard
  7. switching yards
  8. switchings
  9. switchknife
  10. switchknives
  11. switchless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: switching yard (page history and authors); switchyard (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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