monorail
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- noun
- /ˈmɒnəˌreɪl/
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monorraíl
- The monorail provides a quick and efficient way to travel above the city streets.
- monorail system
But because it's all built, they repurpose the monorail track and built a robot.
- But because it's all built, they repurpose the monorail track and built a robot.
- Be a multi billionaire, go to space, put chips and pigs heads and create a monorail underground.
- The planned monorails, the abandoned ports and airports, the money lost to corrupt politicians.
Examples
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"Monorail to Moon City will depart in 7 minutes."
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Before the monorail hisses to a stop at the hotel, I know what I am going to do.
Fiction book (2000) -
All we did was ride around on the monorail.
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HAMTON: The monorail will take us to the park.
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A monorail linking downtown New York to White Lake would be a tremendous spur to the local economy.
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An underground monorail.
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After a soothing night's sleep under the sea, you board a monorail for the Jurassic jungle.
Blog text (31) -
Two leading contenders of transit-system technology received much attention: light rail transit and monorail.
Academic text (1990) -
The monorails follow the water mains to the central hub beneath Wayne Tower
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With a barely perceptible jerk, the monorail slid out of the station and accelerated toward Tomorrowland Station.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
A train line that runs on tracks raised above the street, often in cities
A raised track where electric trains run above the street on metal columns
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Etymology
The word monorail comes from the prefix mono- meaning 'one' and the word rail meaning 'track', and you can see the same mono- in monologue. So a monorail is a train that runs on a single track, often raised above the ground.