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locomotive

(loʊkəmoʊtɪv)
Word forms: plural locomotives
countable noun
A locomotive is a large vehicle that pulls a railway train.
[formal]
Steam locomotives pumped out clouds of white smoke.

locomotive in British English

(ˌləʊkəˈməʊtɪv)
noun
1. 
a.  Also called: locomotive engine
a self-propelled engine driven by steam, electricity, or diesel power and used for drawing trains along railway tracks
b. 
(as modifier)
a locomotive shed
a locomotive works
adjective
2. 
of or relating to locomotion
3. 
moving or able to move, as by self-propulsion
Derived forms
locomotively (ˌlocoˈmotively)
adverb
locomotiveness (ˌlocoˈmotiveness)
noun

locomotive in American English

(ˌloʊkəˈmoʊtɪv)
adjective
1. 
of locomotion
2. 
moving or capable of moving from one place to another; not stationary
3. 
designating or of engines that move under their own power
locomotive design
noun
4. 
an engine that can move about by its own power; esp., an electric, steam, or diesel engine on wheels, designed to push or pull a railroad train
Word origin
< loco- + LL motivus, moving

Examples of 'locomotive' in a sentence
locomotive

It was the whistle of a steam locomotive.
Christianity Today (2000)
This does not make it quick or cheap to build a locomotive from scratch.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was being propelled by a diesel locomotive disguised as a van behind it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
When a locomotive blew its steam, he began screaming.
Louise Carpenter AN UNLIKELY COUNTESS: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway (2004)
The plan was to steal just the front of the train: the locomotive and first two carriages.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They know all about this because the first locomotive that came to Japan was manufactured in the area.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I glanced up the length of the train to the locomotive.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
Consultants: gravy train or locomotive?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Right now, the country that invented the steam locomotive and gave railways to the world cannot be bothered to make them any more.
The Sun (2011)
A full-size steam locomotive appears from nowhere.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
 Steam locomotives were introduced in the 1860s and today, tourists can take journeys pulled by them.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It means building 1,000 locomotives a year for 20 years.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It has a new locomotive, with China providing much of the new motive power.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The technology came from England, where steam locomotives were first used to haul cars along tracks at the beginning of the century.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)

In other languages
locomotive

British English: locomotive NOUN
A locomotive is a large vehicle that pulls a railway train.
Steam locomotives pumped out clouds of white smoke.
  • American English: locomotive
  • Brazilian Portuguese: locomotiva
  • Chinese: 火车头
  • European Spanish: locomotora
  • French: locomotive
  • German: Lokomotive
  • Italian: locomotiva
  • Japanese: 機関車
  • Korean: 기관차
  • European Portuguese: locomotiva
  • Latin American Spanish: locomotora

Chinese translation of 'locomotive'

locomotive

(ləukəˈməutɪv)

n (c)

  1. (frm) 机(機)车(車) (jīchē) (个(個), gè)
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