How to pronounce tie

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What tie means

noun

Most people know tie in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

One of the wooden beams that train rails rest on

In a sentence: Workers laid new wooden ties in a long row, then bolted the steel rails on top.

Where it comes from: It comes from the Old English word teag, meaning a cord. Railroad ties got the name because they hold the two rails together.

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