Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun railroad_tie

1 sense of railroad tie

Sense 1
tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper -- (one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper")
       => brace, bracing -- (a structural member used to stiffen a framework)

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