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Word entry · 8 letters

uncouple

Best crossword clue

"Disconnect rail cars"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ʌnˈkʌpəl/Part of speech verbSorted celnopuuStarts with UEnds with E1 clues
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Definitions

  1. disconnect or separate

Word origin

From Middle English uncouple; equivalent to un- + couple.

Used in a sentence

  • We uncoupled the trailer and left it behind.
  • The railway workers uncoupled the cars near the tail end of the train.
  • The shunter has a lightweight portable radio transmitter by which, as he uncouples an incoming train into cuts for marshalling, he informs the Traffic Office of the number of wagons in each cut and its siding; [...].

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