Railway - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈreɪlweɪ|  American pronunciation of the word railway
Brit.  |ˈreɪlweɪ|  British pronunciation of the word railway

noun

- line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight (syn: railroad)
- a line of track providing a runway for wheels (syn: railroad)

Extra examples

...a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation...

Chicago is criss-crossed by a gridiron of railway tracks.

Hold on down the road until you come to the railway crossing.

All the gentlemen's houses you'll see in a railway excursion.

The railway line links the two towns together.

The neoteric fashion of spending a honeymoon on the railway.

The railway official punched a hole out of my ticket.

Many of the railway lines in England radiate from London.

All the parents were at the railway station, seeing the children off to school.

Ingrid went with him to the railway station to see him off.

Railway luggage is weighed by means of a strong iron steelyard.

We had the railway carriage all to ourselves.

Railway workers had blasted through the mountains 90 years before.

The bridge carries the main road over the railway.

The railway link would connect Felixstowe with Fishguard.

Word forms

noun
singular: railway
plural: railways
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