Locomotive and Tank engine

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Locomotive noun - A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks.

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Tank engine and locomotive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tank engine" instead a noun "Locomotive".

Nearby Word: locomotion

Tank engine noun - A locomotive that carries its own fuel and water; no tender is needed.

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Locomotive and tank engine are semantically related. You can use "Locomotive" instead a noun phrase "Tank engine".

Mighty Mac from Thomasthe Tank Engine, who is a double-ended Fairlie locomotive that has two faces on each side.

Source: Conjoined Twins
One episode of Thomas the Tank Engine was actually about an actual locomotive known as the City of Truro visiting Sodor.

Source: The Blank
The "Other Railway" from Thomas the Tank Engine, which is for some reason full of rusted and decaying steam locomotive parts.

Source: Derelict Graveyard

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