railway - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'railway' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Railway

[ n.]

- A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.
- The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver.

Meaning of 'railway' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . railway

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a line of track providing a runway for wheels

Example in sentence:

he walked along the railroad track

Nearby Words:

raia raiae raid raided raider raiding rail railed railer railing

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