About The Word Locomotive
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Locomotive
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What's The Definition Of Locomotive?
[n] wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine used to draw trains along railway tracks
[adj] of or relating to locomotion Synonyms | Synonyms for Locomotive: engine | locomotive engine | locomotor | railway locomotive Related Terms | Find terms related to Locomotive: aeromechanical | ambulant | ambulative | ambulatory | automechanical | automobile | automotive | biomechanical | circuit-riding | expeditionary | globe-girdling | globe-trotting | going | horseless | itinerant | itinerary | journeying | locomotor | mechanical | mechanistic | moving | mundivagant | on tour | passing | pedestrian | perambulating | perambulatory | peregrinative | peregrine | peripatetic | pilgrimlike | progressing | self-drive | self-moved | self-moving | self-propelled | strolling | touring | touristic | touristy | transportational | traveling | trekking | vehicular | walking | wayfaring | zoomechanical See Also | buffer | choo-choo | cowcatcher | diesel locomotive | donkey engine | electric locomotive | fender | footplate | iron horse | pilot | pilot engine | railroad train | shunter | steam locomotive | switch engine | tank engine | tank locomotive | traction engine | train | wheeled vehicle Locomotive In Webster's Dictionary \Lo"co*mo`tive\, a. [Cf. F. locomotif. See
{Locomotion}.]
1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to
change place; as, a locomotive animal.
2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an
animal.
\Lo"co*mo`tive\, n. A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. {Consolidation locomotive}, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers. {Locomotive car}, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.] {Locomotive engine}. Same as {Locomotive}, above. {Mogul locomotive}. See {Mogul}. |
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