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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rail transport) A road vehicle that can be used on railway track by lowering retractable railway wheels on to the track at a suitable level place..
"I had to stand by for half an hour, which is a long time when you're dealing with an incident, until we could get a road-railer up to decant the passengers, get them to the nearest access point and into taxis, so we could deal with the incident.
Use road-railer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Road-railer means (rail transport) A road vehicle that can be used on railway track by lowering retractable railway wheels on to the track at a suitable level place..
Common synonyms include road-rail vehicle, RRV, hi-rail.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"I had to stand by for half an hour, which is a long time when you're dealing with an incident, until we could get a road-railer up to decant the passengers, get them to the nearest access point and into taxis, so we could deal with the incident.
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