Meaning of railway | Babel Free
ˈɹeɪlˌweɪDefinitions
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A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
- A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods
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A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel. Commonwealth, Ireland, Philippines, UK
- A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel
Equivalents
Afrikaans
spoorweg
Azərbaycanca
dəmiryol
Български
железница
བོད་སྐད
ལྕགས་ལམ
Català
ferrocarril
Cymraeg
rheilffordd
Dansk
jernbane
Ελληνικά
σιδηρόδρομος
Esperanto
fervojo
Eesti
raudtee
Euskara
burdinbide
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
alahao
עברית
מְסִלַּת בַּרְזֶל
हिन्दी
रेलवे
Հայերեն
երկաթուղի
Íslenska
járnbraut
Қазақша
темір жол
Lëtzebuergesch
Eisebunn
ລາວ
ລົດໄຟ
Lietuvių
geležinkelis
Latviešu
dzelzceļš
Монгол
төмөр зам
Română
cale ferată
Shqip
hekurudhë
తెలుగు
రైల్వే
Examples
“That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.”
“His interest in railways is not the quality that marks Pearson out. Everyone was interested in railways. Over a thousand miles of them opened between 1837 and 1845, most of what would become the national network. [...] You needed an Act of Parliament to build a railway; but that wasn't very hard to obtain if you could give the appearance of adequately funded competence.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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