railroad car

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Noun

railroad car (plural railroad cars)

  1. (US) Any railway vehicle or rolling stock.
    Synonyms: (British English:) railway wagon, railwagon, railway carriage, rail-carriage, railway truck, railtruck, truck, (only in Canada and the US) railcar, (Indian English) bogie
    Hypernyms: rolling stock < vehicle
    Hyponyms: freight car, boxcar, passenger car, goods wagon, flat wagon

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