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FOOTPLATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("footplate" is a kind of...):
platform (a raised horizontal surface)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Holonyms ("footplate" is a part of...):
engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)