English Explanatory Dictionary

switchyard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Part of a railway with an arrangement of switches (or points) allowing trains to be diverted and reassembled.
Synonym of substation.

Word forms

switchyard switchyards switching yard

Etymology

From switch + yard.

Synonyms

substation

Related words

switcher yard jockey

Previous

Next

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary