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RAILROAD STATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does railroad station mean?
• RAILROAD STATION (noun)
The noun RAILROAD STATION has 1 sense:
1. terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods
Familiarity information: RAILROAD STATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
railroad station; railroad terminal; railway station; train depot; train station
Hypernyms ("railroad station" is a kind of...):
depot; terminal; terminus (station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railroad station"):
flag stop; way station; whistle stop (a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal)
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