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Synonyms for sleeper

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineObjects

one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

Workers replaced every rotten sleeper on the railway line.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

tie

Same sentence, swapped: Workers replaced every rotten tie on the railway line.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for sleeper as it is used in the sentence above.

strut
stringer
tar

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Closest first: other objects words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

collagenounmontagea paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic imageRidgelineHas a reason line covertnounscreena covering that serves to conceal or shelter somethingRidgelineHas a reason line diaphragmnounstopa mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lensRidgeline dwellingnounhomehousing that someone is living inRidgeline slickadjectivepathaving only superficial plausibilityTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line spikenounspindleany holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed objectHigh CampHas a reason line weaknessnounhelplessnesspowerlessness revealed by an inability to actRidgeline wetnounmoisturewetness caused by waterRidgeline

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