railroad tie
Noun
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Noun
railroad tie (plural railroad ties)
- (rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.
- railway tie
- sleeper (UK)
- railway sleeper
- French: traverse
- German: Schwelle, Bahnschwelle, Eisenbahnschwelle
- Italian: traversa
- Portuguese: travessa (Portugal), dormente (Brazil)
- Russian: шпа́ла
- Spanish: durmiente, traviesa
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