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Meaning of road-railer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A road vehicle that can be used on railway track by lowering retractable railway wheels on to the track at a suitable level place.

Examples

“"I had to stand by for half an hour, which is a long time when you're dealing with an incident, until we could get a road-railer up to decant the passengers, get them to the nearest access point and into taxis, so we could deal with the incident.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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