Locomotive
Locomotive noun - A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks.
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Steam engine and locomotive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Steam engine" instead a noun "Locomotive".
Nearby Word: locomotion
Steam engine
Steam engine noun - External-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder.
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Synonyms for Steam engine
Locomotive and steam engine are semantically related. You can use "Locomotive" instead a noun phrase "Steam engine".
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Magic and Tech apparently don't coexist well in the Widdershins universe, as electronics don't work in the city and the train to Widdershins is pulled by a steam engine even in the 21st century (although the imbued tracks allows a steam engine to be as fast as a modern electric locomotive).
Source: Webcomic / Widdershins -
The North can make a steam engine, locomotive, or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or pair of shoes can you make.
- James Watt didn't invent the first stationary steam engine, and George and Robert Stephenson didn't invent the first steam locomotive.
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Steam engine and Locomotive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 30, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/locomotive/steam_engine
Locomotive & Steam engine. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/locomotive/steam_engine>.
Steam engine or Locomotive. 2016. Accessed July 30, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/locomotive/steam_engine.
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