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Word entry · 10 letters

locomotive

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌləʊkəˈməʊtɪv/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted ceilmoootvStarts with LEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of or relating to locomotion

Word origin

From French locomotif, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + Vulgar Latin mōtivus (“moving”) (see motive).

Used in a sentence

  • As on all other British Railways standard locomotives to date, the lubrication of motion pins and reversing gear is by grease nipple and gun.
  • Pindar seems to imply that these figures were actually locomotive automata.

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