ELEVATED
Dictionary entry overview: What does elevated mean?
• ELEVATED (noun)
The noun ELEVATED has 1 sense:
1. a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
Familiarity information: ELEVATED used as a noun is very rare.
• ELEVATED (adjective)
The adjective ELEVATED has 2 senses:
1. raised above ground level; on elevated rails
2. raised above the ground
Familiarity information: ELEVATED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ELEVATED (noun)
Meaning:
A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
elevated; elevated railroad; elevated railway; overhead railway; el
Hypernyms ("elevated" is a kind of...):
railroad; railroad line; railway; railway line; railway system (line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elevated"):
big dipper; chute-the-chute; roller coaster (elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines))
• ELEVATED (adjective)
Meaning:
Raised above ground level; on elevated rails
Context example:
elevated railway
Similar:
overhead (located or originating from above)
Meaning:
Raised above the ground
Context example:
an elevated platform
Similar:
raised (above the surround or above the normal position)
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