funicular
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- noun
- /fjuːˈnɪkjələr/
- Specialized
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funicular
- The funicular provided a scenic view as it transported us up the mountain.
- funicular structure
It's at this time I'm wearing closed toe shoes, hopefully no more bloody toes and we're riding the funicular.
- It's at this time I'm wearing closed toe shoes, hopefully no more bloody toes and we're riding the funicular.
Examples
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Like Paris, Lyon also has a famous landmark on a hill, accessible by a funicular: the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, which is just magical; it looks like it's straight out of a fairy tale.
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Our favorite spots include the Andy Warhol Museum (the artist was born here), Phipps Conservatory, and a ride on a historical funicular called the Monongahela Incline.
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The funicular was originally constructed to facilitate the building of this reservoir and was not opened for public use until 2001.
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I took the funicular.
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The Klein-Matterhorn ("Little Matterhorn"), which can be reached via a funicular, lies adjacent to the Matterhorn.
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This is the steepest funicular in Switzerland and basically links a lower terminus at Handegg, in the Haslital, with an upper terminus at Gelmer Lake.
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You might think you're looking at an image of a roller coaster, but it's actually the Gelmerbahn, which is a funicular railway in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.
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To reach the summit, we took the funicular that ran along the steep hillside.
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Visitors can enjoy breathtaking landscapes while riding the funicular to the top.
Synonyms
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A vehicle that hangs from a cable and carries people up a hill
A steep railway with two cars joined by a cable that balance each other
A steep railway in which a moving cable pulls the cars up and down a mountain
Compounds
- Specialized
A steep railway with two cars joined by a cable that balance each other
How Steep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Funicular comes from the Latin words funis 'rope' and funiculus 'small rope'. Imagine a 'small rope' pulling two cars up and down a steep hill, balancing each other, and you have a funicular railway.