Locomotive /(?)/
Lo·co·mo·tive
Locomotive
a.
- Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.
- Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.
Locomotive
n.
- A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
Phrases & Compounds
- Consolidation locomotive
- a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers.
- Locomotive car
- a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine.
- Locomotive engine
- Same as Locomotive, above.
- Mogul locomotive
- See Mogul.