Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crane engine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: crane engine
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of crane locomotive.

Obsolete

noun

A traction engine fitted with a crane.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Great Western Railway 0-6-4 pannier-tank crane engine No. 18, "Steropes" built in 1903, at Swindon in September, 1927"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

crane engines (plural)

Synonyms

crane locomotive

Questions

What does crane engine mean?: Synonym of crane locomotive.

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