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TRACTION ENGINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does traction engine mean?
• TRACTION ENGINE (noun)
The noun TRACTION ENGINE has 1 sense:
1. steam-powered locomotive for drawing heavy loads along surfaces other than tracks
Familiarity information: TRACTION ENGINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Steam-powered locomotive for drawing heavy loads along surfaces other than tracks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("traction engine" is a kind of...):
engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)
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