RAILROAD
/ˈɹeɪlɹəʊd/
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Definition
/ˈɹeɪlɹəʊd/
noun
- A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.“Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads”
- The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
- A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets“Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other”
- A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.“The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.”
verb
- To transport via railroad.
- To operate a railroad.“The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly”
- To work for a railroad.
- To travel by railroad.
- To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
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