Thesaurus results for RAILWAY

railway

noun

ˈrāl-ˌwā

Definition of railway

as in road

a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation

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Recent Examples of railway These are railway stations with absolutely minuscule passenger numbers that tend to have, at most, one or two trains a week passing through them. — Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026 Originally a railway town carved into the mountains during the expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the late 1800s, Revelstoke remains deeply tied to this history. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026 Hundreds of flights have been canceled, and some high-speed railway services halted. — ABC News, 11 July 2026 The boat railway runs directly from the house to the water and leads into a private boat garage underneath the house. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for railway

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Noun

Flooding is likely on roads and in urban areas, and some homes could be inundated, the center warned.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
The road climbs through green mountains before suddenly revealing the Atlantic Ocean.

— Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of road

Noun

The 18-year-old drowned in April after jumping off a railroad track bridge at Lake Ray Hubbard, about 15 miles east of downtown Dallas.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
In his view, other important institutions like railroads, factories, and banks should be run in the same fashion.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 July 2026