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RAILWAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line of track providing a runway for wheels
Example:
he walked along the railroad track
Synonyms:
railroad; railroad track; railway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("railway" is a kind of...):
track (a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels)
Meronyms (parts of "railway"):
crosstie; railroad tie; sleeper; tie (one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track)
rail; rails; runway; track (a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railway"):
broad gauge (a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches)
gantlet (the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times)
narrow gauge (a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches)
railroad siding; sidetrack; siding; turnout (a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass)
standard gauge (railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches)
switch (railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock)
Holonyms ("railway" is a part of...):
line; rail line; railway line (the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
Synonyms:
railroad; railroad line; railway; railway line; railway system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("railway" is a kind of...):
line (a commercial organization serving as a common carrier)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railway"):
cable railway; funicular; funicular railway (a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars)
cog railway; rack railway (railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction)
el; elevated; elevated railroad; elevated railway; overhead railway (a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level)
metro; subway; subway system; tube; underground (an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city))
monorail (a railway having a single track)
rail (short for railway)
scenic railway (small railway in an amusement park)
Context examples:
Tell us, then, how Cadogan West met his end before you laid him upon the roof of a railway carriage.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It’s down in Kent, seven miles from Chatham and three from the railway line.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Shortly after our return to England my mother died—she was killed eight years ago in a railway accident near Crewe.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To believe in things that you cannot. Let me illustrate. I heard once of an American who so defined faith: 'that faculty which enables us to believe things which we know to be untrue.' For one, I follow that man. He meant that we shall have an open mind, and not let a little bit of truth check the rush of a big truth, like a small rock does a railway truck.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
They pulled up soon at the railway station.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A courteous red-faced old gentleman represented the railway company.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A short railway journey and a shorter walk brought us to Fairbank, the modest residence of the great financier.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They, an' all grims an' signs an' warnin's, be all invented by parsons an' illsome beuk-bodies an' railway touters to skeer an' scunner hafflin's, an' to get folks to do somethin' that they don't other incline to.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Nearly a hundred thousand pounds’ worth of American railway bonds, with a large amount of scrip in other mines and companies, was discovered in the bag.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But to run here and run there, to cross-question railway guards, and lie on my face with a lens to my eye—it is not my metier.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
