siding
2
6.7
- noun
- /ˈsaɪdɪŋ/
- Specialized
- It's a railroad siding.
Examples
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The trains carrying the negotiators pulled up in a siding in Kompien Forest, not too far from Ratund on the Iron River.
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We're on a dead-end siding.
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- Eddie, this system is designed so that I can get everyone out of our way and onto the siding.
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'Animals now waiting for unloading on east end siding.' - Hello, Tony.
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Is that boxcar still on the siding?
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Get onto the Bellport siding.
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The mistake directed a freight train off the main line and onto a siding, where it struck a stationary train.
Academic text (2007) -
From the west came the sound of a switch engine shunting cars to a siding, a train being assembled for the long night haul to the border.
Fiction book (1999) -
From Wisconsin arrived a trainload of dairy cattle, making a stop at the Moss Agate siding en route to the ballyhooed new tool at White Sulphur Springs.
Fiction book (1993) -
Trains often stop on the siding to let faster trains pass by.
Synonyms
1
4.6
A short extra track beside the main track where trains stop to let other trains pass
1
6.8
A short extra track beside the main line used to hold trains or let others pass
1
7.4
A short rail line that turns off a main line to reach a factory or warehouse
1
7.9
A short side track where trains stop or pass each other
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.6
A short extra track beside the main track where trains stop to let other trains pass
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Siding comes from the word side ('to the side' or 'at the edge') plus the ending -ing that makes it a thing. So a railway siding is a short track at the side of the main line where trains can wait or let others pass.