"railroad tie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: railroad ties [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} railroad tie (plural railroad ties)
  1. (rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete. Tags: US Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: railway tie, sleeper [UK], railway sleeper Translations (piece supporting the rails of a railroad): траверса (traversa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), travessa [feminine] (Catalan), 枕木 (zhěnmù) (Chinese Mandarin), pražec [masculine] (Czech), železniční pražec [masculine] (Czech), svelle [common-gender] (Danish), dwarsligger [masculine] (Dutch), biels [common-gender] (Dutch), biel [common-gender] (Dutch), ŝpalo (Esperanto), ratapölkky (Finnish), traverse [feminine] (French), Schwelle [feminine] (German), Bahnschwelle [feminine] (German), Eisenbahnschwelle [feminine] (German), talpfa (Hungarian), traverso (Ido), traversa [feminine] (Italian), 枕木 (makuragi) (alt: まくらぎ) (Japanese), 침목 (chimmok) (Korean), kurupae (Maori), дэр мод (der mod) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠳᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ ᠮᠣᠳᠤ (der-e modu) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), dormiéthe [feminine] (Norman), sville [masculine] (Norwegian), podkład [masculine] (Polish), travessa [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), dormente [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), traversă [feminine] (Romanian), шпа́ла (špála) [feminine] (Russian), durmiente [masculine] (Spanish), traviesa [feminine] (Spanish), sliper [common-gender] (Swedish), syll [common-gender] (Swedish), trabyesa (Tagalog), ไม้หมอน (mái-mɔ̌ɔn) (Thai), travers (Turkish), sliper [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-railroad_tie-en-noun-TGb0eJPj Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport Disambiguation of 'piece supporting the rails of a railroad': 96 4
  2. A long, thin wooden beam used as a border in driveways, to hold in soil in gardens, etc.
    Sense id: en-railroad_tie-en-noun-b3iUxVg2

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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "piece supporting the rails of a railroad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sliper"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "railroad tie"
  ],
  "word": "railroad tie"
}

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