motive power depot
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A place where locomotives are housed, maintained and repaired.
Example Sentences
- "A depot for the maintenance and servicing of diesel locomotives on the Great Eastern line is being provided at Ipswich by the conversion of the steam motive power depot, which was rebuilt in 1954, with the requirements of diesel traction in mind."
- "Camden motive power depot has been much criticised for its emission of smoke in a residential neighbourhood and its complete dieselisation is rapidly taking place."