railway line
English Thesaurus
1. the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | road, route, |
| definition | : | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | railroad bed, |
| definition | : | a bed on which railroad track is laid (noun.artifact) |
2. line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | line, |
| definition | : | a commercial organization serving as a common carrier (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cable railway, funicular, funicular railway, |
| definition | : | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cog railway, rack railway, |
| definition | : | railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | monorail, |
| definition | : | a railway having a single track (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | rail, |
| definition | : | short for railway (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | scenic railway, |
| definition | : | small railway in an amusement park (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | railroad, |
| definition | : | transport by railroad (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | railroad, |
| definition | : | supply with railroad lines (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | railroad, |
| definition | : | transport by railroad (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | railroad, |
| definition | : | supply with railroad lines (verb.possession) |
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