Locomotive /(?)/

Lo·co·mo·tive

Locomotive

a.
  1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.
  2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.

Locomotive

n.
  1. A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.

Phrases & Compounds

Consolidation locomotive
a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers.
Locomotive car
a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine.
Locomotive engine
Same as Locomotive, above.
Mogul locomotive
See Mogul.