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ten-wheeler

ten-wheeler noun: a steam locomotive of the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement.

Noun

ten-wheeler (plural ten-wheelers)

  1. A steam locomotive of the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement.
    • The British-designed 4-6-0 was much older than that, of course. The "ten-wheeler" had originated in the U.S.A., back in 1847.1954 November, Frank Hewitt, “The First Decade of British 4-6-0 Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 747

Forms of ten-wheeler

pluralten-wheelers

Questions about ten-wheeler

What does ten-wheeler mean?
Ten-wheeler means a steam locomotive of the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement.
What part of speech is ten-wheeler?
Ten-wheeler is a noun.
What is the plural of ten-wheeler?
The plural of ten-wheeler is ten-wheelers.

Words near ten-wheeler in the dictionary

  1. ten-thousandaire
  2. ten-thousandaires
  3. ten-thousandfold
  4. ten-thousandth
  5. ten-thousandths
  6. ten-wheeler
  7. ten-wheelers
  8. ten-year series
  9. Tena
  10. tena koe
  11. tena'im

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