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Broad Gauge

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Noun

1. broad gauge

a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Broad Gauge

see synonyms of broad gauge
noun
1. 
a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 561⁄2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems
adjective broad-gauge
2. 
of, relating to, or denoting a railway having this track
adjective
of, relating to, or denoting a railway using a broad gauge

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Broad Gauge

see synonyms of broad gauge
a width, between the rails of a railroad, greater than standard gauge (56.5 in, or 143.5 cm)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Broad Gauge

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adj.
1. Having a broad gauge. Used of a railroad track.
2. Informal Having a wide scope: broad-gauge criticism.
n.
1. A distance between the rails of a railroad track that is greater than the standard width of 56 1/2 inches (143.5 centimeters).
2. A locomotive, car, or railway line of this gauge.

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