RAILWAY
Dictionary entry overview: What does railway mean?
• RAILWAY (noun)
The noun RAILWAY has 2 senses:
1. line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
2. a line of track providing a runway for wheels
Familiarity information: RAILWAY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RAILWAY (noun)
Meaning:
Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
railroad; railroad line; railway; railway line; railway system
Hypernyms ("railway" is a kind of...):
line (a commercial organization serving as a common carrier)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railway"):
rail (short for railway)
monorail (a railway having a single track)
metro; subway; subway system; tube; underground (an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city))
el; elevated; elevated railroad; elevated railway; overhead railway (a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level)
cog railway; rack railway (railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction)
cable railway; funicular; funicular railway (a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars)
scenic railway (small railway in an amusement park)
Meaning:
A line of track providing a runway for wheels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
railroad track; railroad; railway
Context example:
he walked along the railroad track
Hypernyms ("railway" is a kind of...):
track (a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels)
Meronyms (parts of "railway"):
crosstie; railroad tie; sleeper; tie (one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track)
rail; rails; track (a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railway"):
broad gauge (a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches)
switch (railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock)
standard gauge (railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches)
railroad siding; sidetrack; siding; turnout (a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass)
narrow gauge (a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches)
gantlet (the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times)
Holonyms ("railway" is a part of...):
line; rail line; railway line (the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed)
