Dictionary Check: train

"train" is a valid word!

Scrabble 5 points
Words with Friends 6 points

Definition

noun

public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive

Example: "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction"
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noun

a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

Example: "a string of islands"
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noun

a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

Example: "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"
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noun

a series of consequences wrought by an event

Example: "it led to a train of disasters"
noun

piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor

Example: "the bride's train was carried by her two young nephews"
noun

wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

Example: "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"

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