railway sleeper

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  • railway sleeper — railroad tie, beam used as the base for a railroad track …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Sleeper — A sleeper is a person who is sleeping. A daysleeper is a person who sleeps during the day, usually due to working a night shift. Sleeper or sleepers may also refer to:Entertainment* Sleeper hit, a work, such as a movie ( sleeper film ), book, or… …   Wikipedia

  • Sleeper — Sleep er, n. [Cf. Norw. sleip a sleeper (a timber), as adj., slippery, smooth. See {Slape}.] Something lying in a reclining posture or position. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Railway stations in Angola — include: Maps * [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/angola.pdf UNJLC Map] * [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps Af.nsf/luFullMap/4C2BCBA5561DCD498525706900768B6A/$File/unhcr REF ago300605.pdf?OpenElement Map] *… …   Wikipedia

  • railway line — n BrE ↑sleeper 1.) one of the two metal tracks fixed to the ground that trains move along American Equivalent: railroad track, train track 2.) a part of the railway system that connects two places American Equivalent: railroad line ▪ an old… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Railway stations in Ethiopia — include: Maps * [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/horne.pdf UN Horn of Africa Map] * [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/ethiopia.pdf UN map missing] * [http://www.un.org/Depts UN] *… …   Wikipedia

  • sleeper — ► NOUN 1) a sleeping car or a train carrying sleeping cars. 2) a film, book, play, etc. that suddenly achieves success after initially attracting little attention. 3) Brit. a ring or bar worn in a pierced ear to keep the hole from closing. 4)… …   English terms dictionary

  • sleeper — [[t]sli͟ːpə(r)[/t]] sleepers 1) N COUNT: adj N You can use sleeper to indicate how well someone sleeps. For example, if someone is a light sleeper, they are easily woken up. I m a very light sleeper and I can hardly get any sleep at all... Poor… …   English dictionary

  • sleeper — UK [ˈsliːpə(r)] / US [ˈslɪpər] noun [countable] Word forms sleeper : singular sleeper plural sleepers 1) someone who is sleeping 2) a train with beds for passengers to sleep in a) a railway carriage that has beds in it for passengers to sleep in… …   English dictionary

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