railroad
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈreɪlˌrɔrd/
- US
:
ferrocarril
- The few ginneries that existed were located near the railroad lines, not close to the villages.
- railroad tracks
- a railroad station
- a railroad company
I love maritime museums and railroad museums show you I'm, I'm odd.
- I love maritime museums and railroad museums show you I'm, I'm odd.
- I was AI worked on the railroad as a groundsman.
- So the SNCF, which is the railroad of France, is a government operation.
- Carnegie, my railroads are no longer moving your steel.
- The issue on the table was the Long Island Railroad Company negligent towards Missus Pulsgraph.
- They built buildings, they built railroads, they built streets.
- This city in the heartland of the South, it's one huge big railroad center.
- I mean, the South did not build uniform gauge railroads.
- This is exactly how Warren Buffett bought some of his railroads.
- So here's what Austria did to avoid railroad problems.
- Things get rebuilt, railroads, communication, buildings, peace starts to flow in.
- This guy wants some fresh air by this railroad tracks and by these Walgreens.
Examples
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The Union Pacific Railroad runs right through it.
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I was a brakeman at the railroad.
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Just got off the Long Island Railroad now to make an air train.
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Without a doubt, the building was the first central railroad station in the country.
Fiction book (1990) -
That was downtown past the railroad tracks.
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That railroad crossing up there is exactly a quarter mile away from here.
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I was up in Memphis working on the railroad, like your daddy who had an easy job.
Fiction book (1990) -
So the SNCF, which is the railroad of France, is a government operation.
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The rail yards were patrolled by "bulls," guards paid by the railroad companies.
Academic text (2011) -
The Union Pacific railroad has rapidly expanded its network in the western United States.
Synonyms
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1.1
Tracks and other parts that trains run on
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2.7
A company that runs trains to carry people or goods
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2.7
A company that runs trains to carry people or goods on tracks
Compounds
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4.1
Secret network that helped enslaved people escape to free states and Canada
- Specialized
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4.1
A heavy wooden or concrete beam laid across railway tracks to hold rails in place
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1.8
A long line of connected cars that runs on tracks and carries people or goods
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8.1
An apartment with all rooms in a row connected by doors, often with no hallway
- Specialized
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4.6
A short extra track beside the main track where trains stop to let other trains pass
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3.4
A station at the end of a train line where trains load or unload people and goods
A low plant with long spreading stems and bright purple flowers that grows on coastal sand dunes
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Etymology
Railroad is a compound of rail ('a metal bar or track') and road ('a way'). It literally meant a 'way made of rails', which is why it now names the system of tracks, the trains, and the company that runs them.