spur
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7.0
- noun
- /spɜr/
- Specialized
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ramal
- They're building a spur on the railroad.
Examples
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We would end up with three spurs coming into one line.
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Nagasaki is at the end of a railroad spur line.
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A bigger problem is that a new spur would decrease the capacity of the Red Line's.
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See, the county's covered with abandoned spur lines.
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For evacuation of patients there's a railroad spur about one mile to the west, right here.
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The price of building the 36-mile railroad spur alone was $105 million.
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The only real expense will be creating a station at the OEM spur (and maybe a small extension).
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I got a friend got a boxcar sittin' on a spur in Philly.
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Proposition 41, on the ballot in October, provides for a new connecting spur to merge Highways 710 and 88.
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The new spur line will connect the city with the nearby industrial zone, improving transportation efficiency.
Synonyms
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2.8
Tracks and the ground they sit on that form a route for trains
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2.1
A set of tracks that trains use to travel between places
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6.8
A short extra track beside the main line used to hold trains or let others pass
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3.9
A railway line that leaves a main line to serve a small area
A short rail line that turns off a main line to reach a factory or warehouse
A train line that leaves a main line and later rejoins it
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A short rail line that turns off a main line to reach a factory or warehouse
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A wheel with straight teeth that fit another wheel to send power between parallel shafts
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A disease caused by a fungus that makes raspberry stems wilt and get dark spots near the leaves
How Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spur for a short railway line comes from the image of a small 'offshoot' or projection from the main track. A railway spur sticks out from the main line the way a spur on a boot or a branch on a hill sticks out from the main body.