IRON HORSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(c. 1840) an early term for a locomotive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("iron horse" is a kind of...):

engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)

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