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railroad
[ reyl-rohd ]
noun
- an entire system of such roads together with its rolling stock, buildings, etc.; the entire railway plant, including fixed and movable property.
- the company of persons owning or operating such a plant.
- Bowling. a split.
- railroads, stocks or bonds of railroad companies.
verb (used with object)
- to transport by means of a railroad.
- to supply with railroads.
- Informal. to push (a law or bill) hastily through a legislature so that there is not time enough for objections to be considered.
- Informal. to convict (a person) in a hasty manner by means of false charges or insufficient evidence:
The prisoner insisted he had been railroaded.
verb (used without object)
- to work on a railroad.
railroad
/ ˈɪˌəʊ /
noun
- the usual US word for railway
verb
- informal.tr to force (a person) into (an action) with haste or by unfair means
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·۴Dz adjective
- ·۴Dz adjective
- ·۴Dz adjective
- ܲ·۴Dze adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of railroad1
Example Sentences
The story is rooted in chilling and realistic descriptions of slavery on a Georgia plantation, but here the famed path to freedom is a literal underground railroad.
The Public Utilities Commission was created as the Railroad Commission in the late 1870s, after the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
The city was founded in 1781 and grew up on railroads and oil, at one time accounting for as much as 25% of the world’s oil output.
It was coined at the turn of the last century, when industrial output was in heavy machinery and physical goods that had to be shipped by the railroad companies dominating the transportation sector.
Four generations of her family worked on the railroads, including her son who is an engineer.
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