Usually means: Engine that powers railway trains.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. locomotive: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. locomotive: Merriam-Webster
  3. locomotive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. locomotive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. locomotive: Collins English Dictionary
  6. locomotive: Vocabulary.com
  7. Locomotive, locomotive: Wordnik
  8. locomotive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Locomotive (1 of 2), Locomotive (2 of 2): InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. locomotive: Wiktionary
  11. locomotive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. locomotive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. locomotive: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. locomotive: Dictionary.com
  15. locomotive (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. locomotive: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Locomotive (band), Locomotive (book), Locomotive (disambiguation), Locomotive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Locomotive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. locomotive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. locomotive: Rhymezone
  21. locomotive, locomotive (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. locomotive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. locomotive: FreeDictionary.org
  24. locomotive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. locomotive: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. locomotive: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. locomotive: Legal dictionary

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  1. locomotive: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. locomotive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  1. LOCOMOTIVE: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. locomotive: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. locomotive: Urban Dictionary

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  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
noun:  (rare) A traction engine.
noun:  (slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed.
noun:  (archaic) Any of various early road vehicles, steam-powered, etc., forerunners of the modern car.
noun:  (economics) A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the United States.
adjective:  Of or relating to locomotion.
adjective:  Of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself.
adjective:  Moving, or capable of motion.

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