railway yard
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- noun
- /ˈreɪlweɪ jɑrd/
- UK
:
depósito ferroviario
- The site is now an expanse of abandoned railway yards, piers, and a highway that must be rebuilt.
Examples
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She saw her husband at the railway yard.
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The Germans just bombed the railway yard at Revigny.
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You still work in the railway yards? - Nah.
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"The vehicle was last seen in Wellington railway yards."
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In the morning, we walked along the tracks, a couple of us throwing rocks as far down the railway yard as we could.
Fiction book (2000) -
Cordoned off the railway yards.
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The scene where he is finally cornered in the railway yard is incredibly tense.
Blog text (28) -
Although the railway yard's development, as currently planned, provides one-third less residential space than commercial space, other major housing projects on the periphery of the railway lands are planned that bring the overall ratio closer to the desired value.
Academic text (1993) -
To limit its carbon dioxide emissions, the city of Toronto is redeveloping its old railway yard to provide high-density residential as well as commercial space so that the overall number of commuters into the downtown core will not increase.
Academic text (1993) -
The workers organized the train cars in the busy railway yard before the morning's first departure.
Synonyms
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An area with many train tracks where train cars are kept and repaired
A place by train tracks where workers sort and attach freight cars
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'railway' (relating to train tracks) modifies 'yard' (an area of ground), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer an area associated with railways for storage/sorting/maintenance. This noun–noun compound follows common cross-linguistic and English compounding patterns, making the overall sense transparent to learners.
Etymology
Railway yard gives a clear picture: a railway (the tracks) beside a yard (an open area) where workers keep and fix train cars and engines. In that place they 'store', 'sort' and 'maintain' trains, so railway yard means the area used for those tasks.