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FUNICULAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
Synonyms:
cable railway; funicular; funicular railway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("funicular" is a kind of...):
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)
Meronyms (parts of "funicular"):
cable car; car (a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway)
Derivation:
funicular (relating to or operated by a cable)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or operated by a cable
Example:
funicular railway
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
cable (a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire)
Derivation:
funicular (a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars)
