Word

railway, n.
(railways)
freq. cnt. 2

a line of track providing a runway for wheels
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

railroad railroad track railway

sample sentences

"he walked along the railroad track"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

railroad railroad

semantic pointers

hyponym

broad gauge gantlet narrow gauge railroad siding, siding, turnout, sidetrack standard gauge switch

part holonym

line, railway line, rail line

hypernym

track

part meronym

tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper track, rail, rails, runway

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

railroad railroad line railway railway line railway system