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Showing words for RAILROAD using the English dictionary
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Definitions for Railroad
[1] a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
[2] an entire system of such roads together with its rolling stock, buildings, etc.; the entire railway plant, including fixed and movable property.
[3] the company of persons owning or operating such a plant.
[4] Bowling . a split.
[5] railroads, stocks or bonds of railroad companies.
[6] to transport by means of a railroad.
[7] to supply with railroads.
[8] Informal . to push (a law or bill) hastily through a legislature so that there is not time enough for objections to be considered.
[9] Informal . to convict (a person) in a hasty manner by means of false charges or insufficient evidence: The prisoner insisted he had been railroaded.
[10] to work on a railroad.
[11] the usual US word for railway
[12] (tr) informal to force (a person) into (an action) with haste or by unfair means
Words related to Railroad
railway, subway, line, tube, monorail, metro
Words nearby Railroad
railcar, railcard, railhead, railing, raillery, railroad, railroad flat, railroad pen, railroad worm, railroader, railroading
Origin of Railroad
1750–60; 1875–85 for def 9 ; rail1 + road
Other words from Railroad
non·rail·road , adjective
pre·rail·road , adjective
pro·rail·road , adjective
un·rail·road·ed , adjective
Synonyms for Railroad
rail line, railway, subway, line, metro, monorail, tracks, tube, elevated railway, streetcar line, trolley line, underground railway