Railway Meaning
/ˈɹeɪlˌweɪ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
nounA track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.
Sentence Examples
Please tell me which railway line to use from the airport to downtown.
We were contracted to build a railway.
The railway is still under construction.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The narrow ____ winds through the lush valley and connects the two remote villages.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new ____ line reduced the journey time between the two cities from three hours to ninety minutes.
Word Origin & History
From rail + way.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"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."
— 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 14–15:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The narrow ____ winds through the lush valley and connects the two remote villages.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new ____ line reduced the journey time between the two cities from three hours to ninety minutes.