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Noun: switchyard  'swich,yaard
Usage: N. Amer
  1. An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
    "The old steam engine was restored in the railway switchyard";
    - yard, railway yard [Brit, Cdn], railyard, railroad yard [N. Amer]

Derived forms: switchyards

Type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract

Encyclopedia: Switchyard