railway carriage

collocation in English

meaningsofrailwayandcarriage

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railway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/us
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/
the metal tracks on which ...
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carriage
noun
uk
/ˈkær.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈker.ɪdʒ/
a vehicle with four wheels that is usually pulled by horses and was used mainly in ...
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(Definition ofrailwayandcarriagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some people become most indignant if one seeks to help them out of arailwaycarriage.
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Experience shows that locks onrailwaycarriagedoors are generally safe against accidental mishandling.
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That town is quite dependent uponrailwaycarriageworks and is, therefore, severely hit.
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Railwaycarriagecharges on imported materials comprised in the selected traffics will be subject to the appropriate rebates under the scheme.
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A picture in the local press today shows arailwaycarriagebeing taken down the road for repair.
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There is no truth in the suggestion that the programme ofrailwaycarriagebuilding will be diminished.
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They travel down in the samerailwaycarriage.
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But sea freight is cheaper than therailwaycarriage.
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When we get on to therailwaycarriageof freight, we have a different position.
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That is a private vehicle, and it is not covered by the public service vehicle rules or by therailwaycarriagerules.
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I would ask the question: does that include arailwaycarriageor a bus?
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One thing that has to be considered in the sale of old timber is the cost ofrailwaycarriage.
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It not unfrequently happens that therailwaycarriage, even over short distances, will exceed the amount that is paid for the timber.
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Therailwaycarriagefrom the central port would be thirty miles to each of the steelworks.
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What is a reasonable opportunity for sitting down in that connection, walking up and down arailwaycarriageand repairing it?
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He entered arailwaycarriagewhich had no corridor.
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Most of ourrailwaycarriagedesign has not changed since 1840.
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Boilermakers, ship repairers, dockers,railwaycarriagebuilders and the widely based laggers of pipes suffered—sometimes most grievously.
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It is a story of four gentlemen in arailwaycarriage.
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At the present time, if you grow timber other than in the immediate neighbourhood of a coalfield, therailwaycarriageis absolutely prohibitive.
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