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Railroad tie

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  1. 1
    A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete. US

    "Holonyms: railroad track, rail track, railway track, train track, permanent way"

  2. 2
    one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track wordnet
  3. 3
    A long, thin wooden beam used as a border in driveways, to hold in soil in gardens, etc.

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