"ghost train" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ghost trains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghost train (plural ghost trains)
  1. A fairground attraction in which participants ride through a haunted house in a railcar. Categories (topical): Amusement rides Hypernyms (fairground attraction): dark ride Translations (fairground attraction): strašidelná dráha [feminine] (Czech), kummitusjuna (Finnish), train fantôme [masculine] (French), Geisterbahn [feminine] (German), szellemvasút (Hungarian), дорога пеще́ра ужасов (doroga peščéra užasov) [feminine] (Russian), strašidelná dráha [feminine] (Slovak), tren del terror [masculine] (Spanish), tren fantasma (Spanish), tren infernal [masculine] (Spanish), spöktåg (Swedish), korku tüneli (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ghost_train-en-noun-EAiVHLa9 Disambiguation of Amusement rides: 29 20 14 18 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 21 12 28 26 Disambiguation of 'fairground attraction': 88 6 1 3 2 Disambiguation of 'fairground attraction': 88 6 1 3 2
  2. (theater) An excursion done by many tourist railways around the world. Usually, a fictional story is created and performed with static displays or live actors on either side of a train. Actors and actresses play out a story on the long and narrow stage provided by the railcar aisles. Categories (topical): Theater Translations (theatrical performance beside a train): kummitusjuna (Finnish), Geisterzug (German)
    Sense id: en-ghost_train-en-noun-pQFiefSO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 21 12 28 26 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater Disambiguation of 'theatrical performance beside a train': 17 47 4 9 23
  3. (UK) A rail service which does not appear in the public timetables. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-ghost_train-en-noun-phA~ImKb Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 21 12 28 26
  4. (UK) A supernatural manifestation of a railway locomotive or passenger cars. Tags: UK Translations (supernatural manifestation of a train): aavejuna (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ghost_train-en-noun-Zr6rIqKE Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 21 12 28 26 Disambiguation of 'supernatural manifestation of a train': 5 22 1 64 8
  5. An unmanned train rolling on the train line. Translations (unmanned train): miehittämätön juna (Finnish), train fantôme [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-ghost_train-en-noun-CPHYIYh7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 21 12 28 26 Disambiguation of 'unmanned train': 2 16 2 2 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: runaway train, glider

Inflected forms

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