locomotive
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4.6
- noun
- /ˌloʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/
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locomotora
- Running along beside the locomotive, Cy yelled, "Look there, the engine's hardly damaged."
- diesel locomotive
- steam locomotive
- freight locomotives
And with steam, you can propel A steamship around the world or a locomotive across the continent.
- And with steam, you can propel A steamship around the world or a locomotive across the continent.
- He's the cattle guard on the front of locomotives.
- You have the people driving the locomotives, you have the attendance looking at tickets.
- Relativity is all about clocks, meter sticks, rocket ships and locomotives.
- And what he noticed was that trains, these were locomotives which make sound.
- I'm ready to be hit again by a locomotive.
Examples
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Glass and metal erupt as the locomotive thunders through the frame.
Fiction book (2000) -
That is a coal powered locomotive drawing a passenger train.
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I saw the entire train, three cars and a locomotive.
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The locomotive was powerful and dark, and... it drew the children.
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We've got to keep them away from the locomotive.
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The shouted reply was faint but clear because the locomotive had slowed down.
Fiction book (2001) -
To move swiftly in either direction, the locomotives are mounted at the front and back of the wagons.
Academic text (1993) -
It's a Baldwin 2-8-4 S3-class steam locomotive, built in 1931 at the Baldwin Locomotive.
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Morrison Knudsen began expanding from rebuilding used locomotives to building new ones in 1992.
Academic text (1995) -
The locomotive rolled slowly down the tracks, pulling a long line of freight cars.
Synonyms
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3.5
A vehicle that pulls train cars on railway tracks
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3.2
A train engine that uses steam made by heating water to move
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4.1
A railway engine that runs on diesel fuel rather than steam or electricity
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5.0
A steam train that carries its own fuel and water without another car behind it
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3.9
A train engine that runs on electricity from overhead wires or a third rail
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5.5
A train engine that uses electric motors powered by a diesel engine
A large machine on wheels that pulls a train on tracks
A machine on train tracks that pulls or pushes trains
A train engine that uses a diesel engine to make electricity that runs its electric motors
A train engine that uses a diesel motor and fluid pressure to drive the wheels
A steam engine that carries its own fuel and water so it needs no separate car
A small vehicle that moves train cars inside a rail yard
A train engine that goes ahead to check the track for obstacles
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.1
A railway engine that runs on diesel fuel rather than steam or electricity
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3.9
A train engine that runs on electricity from overhead wires or a third rail
- Specialized
A train engine that uses a diesel engine to make electricity that runs its electric motors
- Specialized
A train engine that uses a diesel motor and fluid pressure to drive the wheels
- Archaic
A steam engine that carries its own fuel and water so it needs no separate car
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun locomotive comes from the parts loco- meaning 'place' and mot- meaning 'move', so it literally means 'moving from place to place' and became the name for the engine that moves or pulls a train.