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- Dictionaryrail·road/ˈrālˌrōd/
noun
- 1. a track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run. "his uncle works on the railroad"
- 2. a system of tracks with the trains, organization, and personnel required for its working: "the Union Pacific Railroad"
verb
- 1. press (someone) into doing something by rushing or coercing them: "she hesitated, unwilling to be railroaded into a decision"
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The meaning of RAILROAD is a permanent road having a line of rails fixed to ties and laid on a roadbed and providing a track for cars or equipment drawn by locomotives or propelled by self-contained motors; also : such a road and its assets constituting a single property.
Railroad definition: 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.. See examples of RAILROAD used in a sentence.
RAILROAD definition: 1. the metal tracks on which trains run: 2. the system of tracks, stations, trains, etc.: 3. to…. Learn more.
A railroad is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails. [US] ...railroad tracks that led to nowhere. The railroad finally reached Santa Barbara in 1877. regional note: in BRIT, use railway. 2. countable noun. A railroad is a company or organization that operates railway routes. [US]
5 days ago · Railroad, mode of land transportation in which flange-wheeled vehicles move over two parallel steel rails, or tracks, either by self-propulsion or by the propulsion of a locomotive. Ideally, a railroad should be built in a straight line, over level ground, between large centers of trade and travel.
Definitions of railroad. noun. a line of track providing a runway for wheels. “he walked along the railroad track” synonyms: railroad track, railway. see more. noun. the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight.
Britannica Dictionary definition of RAILROAD. [count] US. 1. : a system of tracks on which trains travel. a transcontinental railroad [= ( chiefly Brit) railway] — often used before another noun. a railroad station. railroad cars/workers/travel. 2. : a company that owns and operates trains. an employee of the railroad [= ( chiefly Brit) railway]
Definition of railroad noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
an entire system of such roads together with its rolling stock, buildings, etc.; the entire railway plant, including fixed and movable property. the company of persons owning or operating such a plant.
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. v.t.
