Usually means: Supports tracks, made of wood.
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  1. railroad tie: Vocabulary.com
  2. railroad tie: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. railroad tie: Wiktionary
  4. railroad tie: Dictionary.com
  5. Railroad tie: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. railroad tie: Rhymezone
  7. railroad tie: FreeDictionary.org
  8. railroad tie: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. railroad tie: Encyclopedia

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  1. Railroad tie: Construction Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (railroad tie)

noun:  (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.
noun:  A long, thin wooden beam used as a border in driveways, to hold in soil in gardens, etc.

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