SWITCH ENGINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard

Synonyms:

donkey engine; switch engine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("switch engine" 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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