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• underground — Synonyms and related words: Amtrak, Charley, L, Trojan horse, VC, Vietcong, abstruse, agreement to disagree, alienated, alienation, alternative, antiestablishment, apostasy, at odds with, at rest, at variance with, avant garde, back door, back… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Cable car (railway) — A cable car or cable railway is a mass transit system using rail cars that are propelled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required. Cable cars are… …   Wikipedia

• Underground railroad — Railroad Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Underground railway — Railroad Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cable railway — Railroad Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Railroad — Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 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… …   Universalium

• cable railway — noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars • Syn: ↑funicular, ↑funicular railway • Derivationally related forms: ↑funicular (for: ↑funicular) • …   Useful english dictionary

• railroad — n 1. track or tracks, train tracks, rails, Railroads. switchback. 2. rail, line, railway, tramway; funicular or funicular railway, cable railway, elevated railroad, el; Fr. chemin de fer, Sp. ferrocarril, It. ferrovia, Ger. Eisen bahn; electric… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• railroad line — noun line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight • Syn: ↑railway, ↑railroad, ↑railway line, ↑railway system • Derivationally related forms: ↑railroad… …   Useful english dictionary

• railroad — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. railway; main or trunk line, spur; model railroad; tramline, tramway, trolley or streetcar line, street railway, subway. See transportation. v., informal, rush or push through, expedite; slang, frame …   English dictionary for students