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triple-headed

triple-headed adjective: having three heads.

Adjective

triple-headed (not comparable)

  1. Having three heads.
    • triple-headed eagle
  2. Of a train, hauled by three locomotives.
    • Some further pictures of his are reproduced at the head of this article and on page 557. One shows an example of a triple-headed train attacking the gradient, and results from one of the latest 2-10-4 "Selkirk" type locomotives, which can handle 1,000-ton trains up the grade, having been diverted...1940 October, “Field Hill on the C.P.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 530

Synonyms of triple-headed

Questions about triple-headed

What does triple-headed mean?
Triple-headed means having three heads.
What part of speech is triple-headed?
Triple-headed is an adjective.

Words near triple-headed in the dictionary

  1. triple-fulls
  2. triple-hat
  3. triple-hats
  4. triple-hatted
  5. triple-hatting
  6. triple-headed
  7. triple-header
  8. triple-headers
  9. triple-jumper
  10. triple-jumpers
  11. triple-lock

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