railroad car

collocation in English

meaningsofrailroadandcar

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railroad
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈreɪl.rəʊd/us
/ˈreɪl.roʊd/
(of a room or building) long ...
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car
noun[C]
uk
/kɑːr/us
/kɑːr/
a road vehicle with an engine, four wheels, and seats for a small number ...
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(Definition ofrailroadandcarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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While therailroadcarmediates between distant locales, the railroad track mediates between contiguous neighbourhoods and divergent social classes.
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He literally traveled in the samerailroadcarwith them.
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Each conveyor could fill arailroadcarin 18 minutes.
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He remained for 20 years with this company, working in therailroadcarrepair shops.
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Arailroadcaris a vehicle used for the haulage of either passengers or freight.
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The headstocks form part of the underframe of a locomotive or arailroadcar.
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Secondly, eachrailroadcarcarried not 40-50, but about 30 deportees.
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The freight deck could accommodate approximately 15railroadcarloads of freight, or about 300 tons.
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His sketched landscapes disappeared after lunch beneath the standard, solid color of therailroadcarpaint.
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The interior walls and cupboards of the studio were made of wood recovered from arailroadcar.
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A specialrailroadcarwas built to insulate the ice and equipment designed to allow the cars to be loaded.
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She sued the railroad for negligence in the construction of therailroadcarwhich allegedly caused her injuries.
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Tenrailroadcarloads of prefabricated wood, and of concrete were used to construct three arches, which weigh apiece.
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Accommodations provided on eachrailroadcarwere required to be the same as those provided on the others.
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Eachrailroadcarwas 32 feet (9.7 m) long with high, slatted sides to hold 12 cords of pulpwood.
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He gave 36 concerts and hundreds of speeches, while travelling the entire country in a privaterailroadcar.
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Years after the railroad was discontinued, the lastrailroadcarleft on the island was converted to a popular restaurant.
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The railroad operated a majorrailroadcarshop adjacent to the station from the late 19th century until the 1950s.
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The story line takes our heroes into a dark placeand what can be darker than a lockedrailroadcar?
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By 1940, largerailroadcarloads of 2x4s were beginning to be shipped and used in construction.
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His primary concern toward that end was to mitigate the rigid uniformity and long, narrow form of the conventionalrailroadcar.
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A piece of arailroadcarlanded in the college library, unoccupied at the time due to the early hour of the day.
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Over the next few decades, he patented a multitude of inventions, including a wrought-iron cannon, improvedrailroadcarventilation, improved scissors, and a new lunchbox.
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All by-products are then discarded down a chute in the floor and into a smallrailroadcarunder the mill.
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