train set
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A toy consisting of one or more miniature model trains and the tracks, equipment, scenery, etc. that go with them.
noun
Alternative form of trainset.
Example Sentences
- "It has its charms though. Royal Oak is like a country branch line dropped down amid the main line approaches to Paddington. It's as if two very different train sets got mixed up in the same box."
- "To me it seems that extensive investment in relatively low-powered units may have the same ultimate result of motive power shortage as that which afflicts the London Midland Region today, and which has compelled the re-engining of some of the earlier multiple-unit diesel train sets."
- "In a review of operating experience with the Southern Region diesel-electric multiple-units on the Hastings line, read to the Institution of Locomotive Engineers in October, Mr. W. J. A. Sykes, Mechanical & Electrical Engineer of the S.R., revealed how the somehat unprepossessing appearance of these train sets came about."