"slow train" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slow trains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slow train (plural slow trains)
  1. (rail transport) Synonym of local train Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: local train [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-slow_train-en-noun-E-B2Xx-R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  2. (figurative) The act of doing something (possibly, but not necessarily traveling) slowly. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-slow_train-en-noun-wI6vw-d-

Inflected forms

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