IELTS Anvil

locomotive

CEFR: B2

A powered railway vehicle designed and engineered specifically for pulling or pushing trains along track rails.

Synonyms

engine
traction engine

Common Collocations

steam locomotive
diesel locomotive
pull a locomotive

Example Sentence

Nineteenth-century steam locomotives were fitted with large whale-oil headlamps to illuminate tracks traversing unlit wilderness.

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