Foundation level · Year 4 · free
train
noun · Say it: TRAYN
What it means
Foundationa line of carriages pulled along a railway track by an engine
We caught the train to London to visit Grandma for her birthday.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- locomotive
- railway
More examples
- The train rattled past the fields as Oliver counted the cows.
Where the word comes from
It comes from the Old French word 'trainer', meaning to drag or pull.
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