Search Result for "locomotive_engine":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks;
[syn: locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, n. A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster] Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers. Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.] Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above. Mogul locomotive. See Mogul. [1913 Webster] Locomotiveness
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

locomotive engine n 1: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive]