RAIL JOINT

Definition: RAIL JOINT

RAIL JOINT

1. (Railroad), a splice connecting the adjacent ends of rails, in distinction from a chair, which is merely a seat. The two devices are sometimes united. Among several hundred varieties, the fish joint is standard. See Fish joint , under Fish .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modern Translations: RAIL JOINT

Language		Translations for "RAIL JOINT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		stoed (butt, impact, joint, kicking, pushing off, shock, stem, stock, stub, stump, throwing, trunk), skinnestoed (joint). (various references)

Dutch		spoorstaaflas (joint), las (glue line, joint, low-altitude observation satellite, pass, run, splice, weld, weld bead). (various references)

French		joint de rail, joint. (various references)

German		Stoß (abutment, barge, batch, belch, biff, blast, blow, brunt, bump, burst, butt, dig, gasp, hit, impact, impulse, jab, jerk, jog, joint, jolt, kick, knock, mound, nudge, pile, poke, poppet, prod, pulse, punch, push, put, rush, scrub mark, selvage, shock, shove, shunt, stab, stack, stope, stroke, tailstock centre sleeve, tailstock quill, tailstock sleeve, tailstock spindle, tailstock spindle sleeve, throw, thrust, tilt, tremor, volley), Schienenstoß (joint). (various references)

Greek		αρμός σιδηροτροχιάς (joint), αρμός (break, clip, joint, production break, splice). (various references)

Italian		giunto di rotaia (joint), giunto della rotaia (joint), giunto (articulation, assembly, connection, connector, coupling, fitting, gasket, joined, joint, movable joint, packing, splice). (various references)

Pig Latin		ailray ointjay.(various references)

Portuguese		junta de carril (joint). (various references)

Spanish		maestra (female teacher, joint, mistress, schoolmarm, schoolmistress, screed, teacher), junta de riel (joint), junta de carril (joint). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: RAIL JOINT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-i-i-j-l-n-o-r-t"
	-2 letters: janitor.
	-3 letters: aroint, jailor, latino, nitril, ration, ratlin, rialto, tailor, talion, trinal.
	-4 letters: aioli, aloin, intro, joint, lirot, litai, loran, nitro, noria, notal, ratio, riant, rioja, talon, tolan, tolar, tonal, torii, trail, train, trial, triol, trona.
	-5 letters: airn, airt, alit, alto, anil, anti, aril, ilia, inia, inro, inti, into, iota, iron, jail, jarl, jato, jiao, jilt, join, jolt, jota, lain, lair, lari, lati, liar, lino, lint, lion, lira, liri, loan, loin, lorn, lota, loti, nail, naoi, noil, noir, nori, nota, oral, rail, rain, rani, rant, rato, rial, riot, roan, roil, rota, roti, rotl, tail, tain, tali, tarn, taro, tirl, tiro, toil, tola, tora, tori, torn, trio.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-i-j-l-n-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: janitorial.
	+3 letters: journalistic.
	+5 letters: interjectional, jurisdictional.
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