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UK
/lˌəʊkəmˈəʊtɪv/
]
[ US /ˌɫoʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/ ]
[ US /ˌɫoʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to locomotion
NOUN
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
How To Use locomotive In A Sentence
- It will be given a tender from another departed locomotive and regain its former Sierra appearance.
- I haven't been able to get a look at the number of coaches or locomotives yet.
- In 1918 he was a locomotive cleaner at the engine sheds in Boden, and for a time during the winter, a stoker on cargo trains between Boden and Eyvind Johnson - Biography
- Many a pleasant evening the two spent there, talking of locomotive planished iron, wire nails, and turnbuckles, and the late lunch Miss Monon served beat the system's regular buffet service a city block. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories
- The steam locomotive was travelling backwards from Rawtenstall to Ramsbottom, pulling three carriages carrying 20 passengers.
- Self-adaptive fuzzy control method based on the acceleration feedback is researched for the lateral suspension system of heavy-duty railway locomotive and car.
- He does some other weird stuff then like knock people over using chi, and pull a railway locomotive along by cables attached to huge piercings right through his biceps, insane but not as miraculous as the electrical stuff.
- At the meeting, it was stated that there would be a further inspection of the carriages, locomotives and railway tracks.
- The technology came from England, where steam locomotives were first used to haul cars along tracks at the beginning of the century. America Past and Present
- He completed his training in 1855 on the Great Northern Railway at Peterborough and became locomotive shed foreman.