📖 Definitions of "Trackbed"
noun
- 1
The foundation of a railway track.
- 2
The land on which a railway was built (especially one that has been closed or dismantled).
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| track bednoun | Alternative form of trackbed. [The layer of gravel or other foundation on which a railway track is laid.] |
| roadbednoun | The prepared location for a road, including its foundation. |
| substructurenoun | The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation). |
| tracklayingnoun | (rail transport) The work that involves putting the track in place. |
| subgradenoun | The layer of native soil on which the foundation of a road is laid. |
| trackwaynoun | Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, set in the ground to aid the movement of wheeled vehicles. |
| ballastnoun | (nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability. |
| slab tracknoun | (rail transport) Railway track mounted on a concrete (or asphalt) base, without the use of ballast. |
| roadbasenoun | The layer of aggregates under the paved layer of a road. |
| blanketingverb | (countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket. |
| tracknoun | A mark left by something that has passed along. |
| gravelnoun | (uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast. |
| beamnoun | A broad smile. |
| undertracknoun | The characteristic disturbance to subsoil beneath the track of an animal |
| tracksitenoun | A site where trackways (footprints, especially fossilised) are found. |
| gravel-walknoun | A path laid out with a gravel surface. |
| track-roadnoun | (archaic) A towpath. |
| cessnoun | (British, Ireland, India) An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting. |
| dirt bednoun | (geology) A layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. |
| tarmacnoun | (loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material. |
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