shoebeam

English

/ˈʃuː.ɡɪə(ɹ)/

noun

Definitions

(rail transport) A beam of non-conductive material (usually fibreglass or wood), attached to a train bogey that supports the pickup shoe.

Etymology

Compound from English shoe (type of horseshoe) + English beam (tree, keel, transmit matter information via a high-tech wireless mechanism).

Origin

English

beam

Gloss

tree, keel, transmit matter information via a high-tech wireless mechanism

Concept

Semantic Field

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Classifier

`Kanji`

木, 樹

Emoji

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Muleshoe English
Shoemaker English
abeam English
beam English
beambird English
beambreak English
beamer English
beamform English
beamformed English
beamformer English
beamforming English
beamful English
beamish English
beamless English
beamlet English
beamlike English
beamline English
beampattern English
beampipe English
beamshelf English
beamsome English
beamspace English
beamster English
beamstop English
beamtime English
beamtrain English
beamwalk English
beamwalking English
beamwidth English
beamy English
beshoe English
breastbeam English
bufferbeam English
carbeam English
crossbeam English
daybeam English
embeam English
eyebeam English
forebeam English
glee-beam English
greenshoe English
gumshoe English
handshoe English
hardbeam English
horseshoe English
houseshoe English
interbeam English
microbeam English
minibeam English
mis-shoe English
moonbeam English
multibeam English
nanobeam English
nonshoe English
offbeam English
onbeam English
outbeam English
overshoe English
oxshoe English
photobeam English
quickbeam English
reshoe English
ridge beam English
roofbeam English
sandshoe English
scalebeam English
sharebeam English
shoe English
shoe-leather English
shoebag English
shoebill English
shoebite English
shoeblack English
shoebox English
shoecare English
shoeful English
shoegasm English
shoegaze English
shoegazer English
shoegazing English
shoegear English
shoehorn English
shoelacing English
shoeless English
shoelike English
shoemaker English
shoemaking English
shoemender English
shoepeg English
shoeplay English
shoeprint English
shoer English
shoeshine English
shoesmith English
shoesole English
shoestore English
shoestring English
shoeth English
shoetop English
shoetree English
shoewear English
shoey English
shoon English
slipshoe English
snowshoe English
spot beam English
sunbeam English
superbeam English
tiebeam English
tightbeam English
trackshoe English
turnshoe English
undershoe English
unshoe English
weighbeam English
whitebeam English
workshoe English
Baum German
Beamer German
Schuh German
beamen German
ビーム Japanese
telebim Polish
beem Middle English
sho Middle English
ŝuo Esperanto
शू Hindi
ရှူးဖိနပ် Burmese
bim Volapük
su Tok Pisin
susu Sranan Tongo