intermodal — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Relating to more than one mode of transport.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Parole correlate

   balanced transportationcontainerisedintermodalismtransloadingtransshipment

   Esempi

   an intermodal station which provides transfers between buses and trains

   Altri esempi (1)

   Boxes from Southampton: In September, GB Railfreight began a new intermodal service from Solent Stevedores to Manchester. [...] This is the third daily working GBRf offers serving Southampton and GBRf's 17th intermodal service to date; it runs five days per week.

   It created inter-city and intermodal services, which were genuinely world leading. And it undeniably pushed British Railways into the modern era.

Sostantivo

1. A shipping container for intermodal use.