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PLATELAYER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does platelayer mean?
• PLATELAYER (noun)
The noun PLATELAYER has 1 sense:
1. a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
Familiarity information: PLATELAYER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
platelayer; tracklayer
Hypernyms ("platelayer" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
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