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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track..
The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates.
One section of the line will consist of 60 ft. lengths of rail welded together on site to form fully continuous rails; another will be of 300 ft. lengths, flash butt-welded in Dinsdale Rail Welding Depot and fishplated together on site; [...].
Use fish plate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fish plate means (rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track..
Common synonyms include joint bar.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates.
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