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"
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"
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"
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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