siding
noun
a short railroad track, opening onto a main track at one or both ends, on which one of two meeting trains is switched until the other has passed.
sidings
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pluralof siding.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Steadman said emotions were starting to run high and the passengers were eventually allowed to get out of the train onto the sidings.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
"There were railway sidings not far from where we lived at the time, so it's difficult to draw any other conclusions really, because once she'd stopped the eating, she got better."
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
If I’ve got mile-long sidings and three-mile-long trains that can’t get out of the way, I need longer sidings so there’s more room to get out of the way.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2022
“You see parts of industrial buildings’ roofs or sidings in trees, if trees are lucky enough to stand.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2021
Cultivation stopped halfway, the fruit rotted on the trees and the hundred-twenty-car trains remained on the sidings.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
