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rolling stock

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

All vehicles that move on a railway, powered or unpowered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective, uncountable

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any such vehicle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncommon

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

collection of wheeled vehicles owned by a railroad or motor carrier

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wheeled vehicle

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: подвижен състав (podvižen sǎstav) — railway vehicles collectively
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐵路車輛 /铁路车辆 (tiělù chēliàng) — railway vehicles collectively
  • Dutch: rollend materieel — railway vehicles collectively
  • Dutch: treinvloot — railway vehicles collectively
  • Finnish: rautatiekalusto — railway vehicles collectively
  • Finnish: liikkuva kalusto — railway vehicles collectively
  • German: Schienenfahrzeuge — railway vehicles collectively
  • German: Lokomotiven und Waggons — railway vehicles collectively
  • German: rollendes Material — railway vehicles collectively
  • Greek: τροχαίο υλικό (trochaío ylikó) — railway vehicles collectively
  • Hungarian: gördülőállomány — railway vehicles collectively
  • Indonesian: bakal pelanting — railway vehicles collectively
  • Korean: 철도차량 (cheoldocharyang) — railway vehicles collectively
  • Macedonian: во́зен па́рк (vózen párk) — railway vehicles collectively
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jernbanemateriell — railway vehicles collectively
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rullende materiell — railway vehicles collectively
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jernbanemateriell — railway vehicles collectively
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jarnbanemateriell — railway vehicles collectively
  • Polish: tabor kolejowy — railway vehicles collectively
  • Portuguese: material rodante — railway vehicles collectively
  • Portuguese: material circulante — railway vehicles collectively
  • Romanian: material rulant — railway vehicles collectively
  • Russian: подвижно́й соста́в (podvižnój sostáv) — railway vehicles collectively
  • Ukrainian: рухомий склад (ruxomyj sklad) — railway vehicles collectively
  • Yiddish: שלעפּקראַפֿט (shlepkraft) — railway vehicles collectively
  • Yiddish: באַרעדערטער אינווענטאַר (barederter inventar) — railway vehicles collectively
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐵路車輛 /铁路车辆 (tiělù chēliàng) — any railway vehicle
  • Czech: kolejové vozidlo — any railway vehicle
  • Finnish: rautatiekulkuneuvo — any railway vehicle
  • German: Schienenfahrzeug — any railway vehicle
  • Indonesian: bakal pelanting — any railway vehicle
  • Polish: pojazd szynowy — any railway vehicle
  • Romanian: vehicul pe șine — any railway vehicle
  • Swedish: rullande materiel — any railway vehicle