side track

A form of sidetrack — A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction); a railroad siding.

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Meanings

nounside track (plural side tracks)

plural side tracks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of sidetrack.

    I must now divert your attention into a side track. In the summer of 1910 Metrobe published a curious work entitled 'The Flame beyond the Dome.'

    1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
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APA

side track. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/side%20track

MLA

“side track.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/side%20track. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “side track,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/side%20track.

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