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hospital train

hos·pi·tal train
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hos-pi-tl treyn]
    • /ˈhɒs pɪ tl treɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hos-pi-tl treyn]
    • /ˈhɒs pɪ tl treɪn/

Definitions of hospital train words

  • noun hospital train a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital. 1
  • noun hospital train a train used in wars to provide hospital facilities, usually for the armed services 0
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Origin of hospital train

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75

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Parts of speech for Hospital train

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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hospital train popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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