tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper
(noun) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; “the British call a railroad tie a sleeper”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crosstie (plural crossties)
Alternative form of cross-tie
• co-sister
Source: Wiktionary
Cross"-tie` (-t`), n. (Railroad)
Definition: A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
