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STANDARD GAUGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("standard gauge" is a kind of...):
railroad; railroad track; railway (a line of track providing a runway for wheels)
gauge (the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train)