SHUNTER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips

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Hypernyms ("shunter" is a kind 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)

Derivation:

shunt (transfer to another track, of trains)