railway car
Railroad car
railway car
Noun
1. a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails"
(synonym) car, railcar, railroad car
(hypernym) wheeled vehicle
(hyponym) baggage car, luggage van
(member-holonym) train, railroad train
(part-meronym) suspension, suspension system
Railway Car
(See also Rail Car) A railway car designed to carry freight, railroad personnel, or passengers. This includes boxcars, covered hopper cars, flatcars, refrigerator cars, gondola cars, hopper cars, tanker cars, cabooses, stock cars, ventilation cars, and special cars. It also includes on-track maintenance equipment.
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railway car
Synonyms and related words:
Pullman, Pullman car, baggage car, boxcar, caboose, car, carriage, chair car, coach, coal car, covered waggon, day coach, diner, dinghy, dining car, drawing room, flat, flatcar, gondola, local, luggage van, mail car, mail van, palace car, parlor car, passenger car, reefer, refrigerator car, roomette, sleeper, smoker, smoking car, stockcar, tank, tender, truck, van, waggon
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
RAILWAY CAR
CARROZZA VIAGGIATORI