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[ reyl-wey ] / ˈreɪlˌweɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR railway ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna rail line with lighter-weight equipment and roadbed than a main-line railroad. a railroad, especially one operating over relatively short distances. Also called trackway. any line or lines of rails forming a road of flanged-wheel equipment. Chiefly British. railroad. Origin of railwayFirst recorded in 1770–80; rail1 + way1 OTHER WORDS FROM railwayrailwayed, adjectiverailwayless, adjectivein·ter·rail·way, adjectivepre·rail·way, adjective un·rail·wayed, adjective Words nearby railwayrailroad flat, railroading, railroad pen, railroad worm, rail-splitter, railway, railwayman, raiment, Raimondi, rain, rainband Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for railwayAll in all, approximately 13,000 Allied POWs and 90,000 Asian laborers perished while working on the railway. Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Manttan is keen to carry out research on that Burmese side of the railway as his father worked on that section. Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST A dam now in place on the Thai side of the line prevents the railway from being reconstructed in its entirety, he explains. Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST They recorded 10,549 graves on or near the railway in 144 cemeteries, failing to locate only 52 graves. Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two years later, Death Metal Angola is readying for its premiere, and the railway film remains unfinished. Death Metal Angola: Heavy Metal in War-Torn Africa|Nina Strochlic|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST And there is another point about railway junctions that reveals an important application to the larger journey of our life. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3|Various They asked the railway officers to prepare for the transport of an army corps of 30,000 men. The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914|Edwin A. Pratt He climbed on to a little hillock just beside the ravine in which the railway ran. Some things are cheaper here—the railway comes a little cheaper, and is infinitely more miserable. Sea and Sardinia|D. H. Lawrence It is served by the Chicago & North-Western railway, and by an extensive inter-urban electric system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 5|Various
British Dictionary definitions for railway
nouna permanent track composed of a line of parallel metal rails fixed to sleepers, for transport of passengers and goods in trains any track on which the wheels of a vehicle may runa cable railway the entire equipment, rolling stock, buildings, property, and system of tracks used in such a transport system the organization responsible for operating a railway network (modifier) of, relating to, or used on a railway or railwaysa railway engine; a railway strike Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to railwaytrack, line |