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ELEVATED RAILWAY

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• ELEVATED RAILWAY (noun)
The noun ELEVATED RAILWAY 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 RAILWAY used as a noun is very rare.

• ELEVATED RAILWAY (noun)

Sense 1

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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 railway" 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 railway"):

big dipper; chute-the-chute; roller coaster (elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines))

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(English proverb)
"We are all related."
(Native American proverb, Lakota)
"He sold his vinyard and bought a squeezer."
(Arabic proverb)
"Fire burns where it strikes."
(Cypriot proverb)

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