tank engine
tank engine · tank engines
Tenderlokomotive
A steam locomotive that carries its fuel and water containers on the locomotive frames…A steam locomotive that carries its fuel and water containers on the locomotive frames rather than in a separate tender.
Meaning
1 sensesA steam locomotive that carries its fuel and water containers on the locomotive frames rather than in a separate tender.
Tenderlokomotive
a locomotive that carries its own fuel and water; no tender is needed
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
type of steam locomotive:
Forms
plural: tank engines| Singular | tank engine |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a locomotive that carries its own fuel and water; no tender is needed:tank locomotive
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedtender engine
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.