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rolling stock

roll·ing stock
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [roh-ling stok]
    • /ˈroʊ lɪŋ stɒk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [roh-ling stok]
    • /ˈroʊ lɪŋ stɒk/

Definitions of rolling stock words

  • noun rolling stock the wheeled vehicles of a railroad, including locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars. 1
  • uncountable noun rolling stock Rolling stock is all the engines and carriages that are used on a railway. 0
  • noun rolling stock the wheeled vehicles collectively used on a railway, including the locomotives, passenger coaches, freight wagons, guard's vans, etc 0
  • noun rolling stock all the locomotives, cars, etc. of a railroad, or the trucks, trailers, etc. of a trucking company 0
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Origin of rolling stock

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55

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Parts of speech for Rolling stock

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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Full grammatical hierarchy of Rolling stock

rolling stock popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

rolling stock usage trend in Literature

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