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trainshed

trainshed is the alternative form of train shed.

Meaning of train shed

Noun

train shed (plural train sheds)

  1. A building, adjacent to a railway station building, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof.
    • As David Leboff points out in London Underground Stations, it is the giant train shed [at Earl's Court] with its iron and glass roof that gives the station its 'main line railway feel'.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 79
    Synonyms:
    overall roof

Forms of trainshed

pluraltrainsheds

Questions about trainshed

What is trainshed the alternative form of?
Trainshed is the alternative form of train shed.

Words near trainshed in the dictionary

  1. trains up
  2. trainset
  3. trainsets
  4. trainsful
  5. trainsgender
  6. trainshed
  7. trainsheds
  8. trainsick
  9. trainsickness
  10. trainspot
  11. trainspots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trainshed (page history and authors); train shed (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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