railcar

noun

rail·​car ˈrāl-ˌkär How to pronounce railcar (audio)
1
: a railroad car
2
: a self-propelled railroad car

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Its operations include 20,000 miles of crude oil and NGL pipelines and gathering systems, 170 million barrels of storage capacity, 5,400 crude oil and NGL railcars, and 2,300 trucks and trailers. Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 Boeing blow In an aerial view, Boeing 737 Max fuselages are seen on railcars during an ongoing strike by Boeing factory workers on October 24, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Sara Salinas, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2025 Anyway, the team learns that the Poet’s second target served with the late Willis on the Atlas, a Navy railcar. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Six railcars crashed onto the highway, killing 60-year-old California resident Lafollette Henderson, who was driving a semitruck under the bridge at the time. Katie Langford, Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for railcar

Word History

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of railcar was in 1833

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“Railcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railcar. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

railcar

noun
rail·​car -ˌkär How to pronounce railcar (audio)
: a railroad car
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