Search Result for "railroad_tie":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;
- Example: "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"
[syn: tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

railroad tie
    n 1: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway
         track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn:
         tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper]