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They would have to leave the house at four to get to the railroad junction by five-thirty.†
Story 6. *

junction = a place where things come together
They reached the junction some time before the train was due to arrive and stood about two feet from the first set of tracks.†
Story 6.
A small tin switch box and a black fuel tank were all there was to mark the place as a junction; the tracks were double and did not converge again until they were hidden behind the bends at either end of the clearing.†
Story 6.
Their train glided into the suburb stop just as they reached the station and they boarded it together, and ten minutes before it was due to arrive at the junction, they went to the door and stood ready to jump off if it did not stop; but it did, just as the moon, restored to its full splendor, sprang from a cloud and flooded the clearing with light.†
Story 6.
The treetops, fencing the junction like the protecting walls of a garden, were darker than the sky which was hung with gigantic white clouds illuminated like lanterns.†
Story 6.

Definitions:

(1) (junction)
a place where two or more things come together
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
A comprehensive dictionary will also describe specialized meanings in electronics and physics.