buffer car
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A nonhazardous railroad freight car in a train, typically used to separate locomotives and their crews from freight cars carrying hazardous materials.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "The buffer car not only puts extra space between the crew and the rest of the train, but it also keeps flammable materials away from a potential ignition source."
- "2022, Laura Sullivan, Mark Raney, Emilio Paleo, Separation Distance of Hazardous Materials Cars and Train Crews and/or Locomotives - Literature Review (Buffer Car Research Study), United States Department of Transportation "These requirements have been universally interpreted, by both operators and regulators, to effectively require five buffer cars for manifest trains (when train length permits) and one buffer car for unit trains and when the train length does not permit.""
Usage
- American usage