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railway
/ ˈɪˌɱɪ /
noun
- a permanent track composed of a line of parallel metal rails fixed to sleepers, for transport of passengers and goods in trains
- any track on which the wheels of a vehicle may run
a cable railway
- the entire equipment, rolling stock, buildings, property, and system of tracks used in such a transport system
- the organization responsible for operating a railway network
- modifier of, relating to, or used on a railway or railways
a railway strike
a railway engine
Other Word Forms
- w adjective
- wl adjective
- t·w adjective
- ·w adjective
- un·w adjective
Example Sentences
A man who was shot dead by police at a railway station might have called officers claiming there was a gunman, a watchdog has said.
His mother was a chef and his father worked for the national railway, but music was omnipresent in the house.
Venables and Thompson led the toddler two-and-a-half miles away to a railway track, where they tortured him and beat him to death.
Current railway byelaws already ban many forms of anti-social behaviour on trains and at stations, including using equipment to produce sound without permission if this annoys others.
One of the links was relevant, but the other tried to give me additional weather details for Charing Cross - not the location in Glasgow, but the railway station in London.
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