WAGON TRAIN

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does wagon train mean? 

• WAGON TRAIN (noun)
  The noun WAGON TRAIN has 1 sense:

1. a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

  Familiarity information: WAGON TRAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAGON TRAIN (noun)

Meaning:

A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

caravan; wagon train; train

Context examples:

we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels / they joined the wagon train for safety

Hypernyms ("wagon train" is a kind of...):

procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)

Meronyms (members of "wagon train"):

Conestoga; Conestoga wagon; covered wagon; prairie schooner; prairie wagon (a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century)