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Railway

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Noun

1. railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

2. railroad, railroad track, railway

a line of track providing a runway for wheels

Example Sentences:
'he walked along the railroad track'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Railway

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noun
1. 
a permanent track composed of a line of parallel metal rails fixed to sleepers, for transport of passengers and goods in trains
2. 
any track on which the wheels of a vehicle may run
a cable railway
3. 
the entire equipment, rolling stock, buildings, property, and system of tracks used in such a transport system
4. 
the organization responsible for operating a railway network
5. (modifier)
of, relating to, or used on a railway or railways
a railway engine
a railway strike

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Railway

see synonyms of railway
noun
1. 
any track with rails for guiding wheels; specif., a road laid with parallel steel rails along which run passenger cars that are lighter than railroad cars
2. 
railroad

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Railway

see synonyms of railway
n.
1. A railroad, especially one operated over a limited area: a commuter railway.
2. A track providing a runway for wheeled equipment.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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