Phrase Hound found 91 phrases and 48 compound words that contain trains. The most common are listed below. Open trains in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 91
- block trainsplural of block train: A freight train that carries only one commodity.
- coal trainsplural of coal train: a freight train which carries a single commodity: coal.
- electric trainsplural of electric train: A railway train driven by electric motors powered by electricity supplied via overhead lines or third rails, or sometimes from rechargeable batteries. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- express trainsplural of express train: A train (either the service or the train itself) making limited stops.
- freight trainsplural of freight train: A railway train used for the transportation of freight (goods).
- gear trainsplural of gear train: A system of interconnected gears.
- goods trainsplural of goods train: A train used for the transportation of goods.
- local trainsplural of local train: A train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.
- mixed trainsplural of mixed train: A train consisting of both passenger coaches and freight vehicles.
- passenger trainsplural of passenger train: A train whose primary function is to carry passengers.
- road trainsplural of road train: A transport conveyance consisting of a conventional prime mover truck pulling two or more trailers.
- S-trainsplural of S-train: A commuter rail/metro system (generally overground) serving a metropolitan area; a train in such a system.
- steam trainsplural of steam train: A train pulled by a steam locomotive.
- bullet trainsplural of bullet train: A Shinkansen train; a Japanese high-speed rail train.
- parliamentary trainsplural of parliamentary train: Originally a requirement in the Railway Regulation Act 1844 for railways to run at least one train a day each way, at a cost to passengers of no more than one penny a mile, on every railway line in the …
- wagon trainsplural of wagon train: A number of horse-drawn wagons traveling together for safety.
- armored trainsplural of armored train: a railway train protected with armour
- orphan trainsplural of orphan train: One of the trains, operating between 1854 and 1929, that transported orphaned and homeless children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest.
- tram-trainsplural of tram-train: A design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track.
- armoured trainsplural of armoured train: a railway train protected with armour
- trackless trainsplural of trackless train: A road-going passenger transportation articulated vehicle.
- accommodation trainsplural of accommodation train: A local train that stops at all or nearly all stops and is used by passengers and freight.
- boat trainsplural of boat train: A travel service with a train timed to arrive at a ferry port in time for the onward travel by ferry (or vice versa). Alternatively, a service scheduled to connect with the arrival or departure of an ocean liner.
- cat trainsplural of cat train: An off-road frozen-surface cargo train pulled by a cat (caterpillar-drive truck) with a trail of ski trailers and sledges
- cross-trainsthird-person singular simple present indicative of cross-train: To train in a different task, skill or sport
Compound words 48
- trainspottingAlternative spelling of train spotting: The hobby of collecting the numbers and names of locomotives seen at railway stations and other vantage points.
- constrainsthird-person singular simple present indicative of constrain: To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- restrainsthird-person singular simple present indicative of restrain: To control or keep in check.
- drivetrainsplural of drivetrain: The mechanical parts of the powertrain, the gears and shafts, that connect the engine to the wheels in a vehicle.
- quatrainsplural of quatrain: A poem in four lines.
- powertrainsplural of powertrain: The group of components in a vehicle that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, water, or air.
- trainshedAlternative form of train shed: A building, adjacent to a railway station building, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof.
- trainspotTo take part in train spotting.
- aerotrainsplural of aerotrain: A train that is supported on a cushion of air, in the manner of a hovercraft.
- autotrainsplural of autotrain: A type of push-pull train incorporating a tank engine and passenger coaches fitted with a driver's cab.