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wheel flat

wheel flat noun: a flat spot on a railway wheel caused when a wheel, or both wheels on the same axle, in a moving train stop rotating.

Noun

wheel flat (plural wheel flats)

  1. A flat spot on a railway wheel caused when a wheel, or both wheels on the same axle, in a moving train stop rotating.
    • Severe wheel flats caused by locking brakes led to the derailment of DB Cargo UK's 2152 Robeston-Theale oil train near Llangennech, in South Wales, on August 26.2020 October 7, “Network News: Severe wheel flats caused Welsh oil train derailment”, in Rail, page 14

Forms of wheel flat

pluralwheel flats
alternative formwheelflat

Questions about wheel flat

What does wheel flat mean?
Wheel flat means a flat spot on a railway wheel caused when a wheel, or both wheels on the same axle, in a moving train stop rotating.
What part of speech is wheel flat?
Wheel flat is a noun.
What is the plural of wheel flat?
The plural of wheel flat is wheel flats.

Words near wheel flat in the dictionary

  1. wheel cutters
  2. wheel dog
  3. wheel dogs
  4. wheel fiddle
  5. wheel fiddles
  6. wheel flat
  7. wheel flats
  8. wheel hoe
  9. wheel hoes
  10. wheel horse
  11. wheel horses

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