Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
sleeper | an unexpected hit, that movie was the sleeper of the summer |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
sleeper sleeper goby | tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water |
berth bunk built in bed | a bed on a ship or train, usually in tiers |
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 |
car railcar railway car railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
cog railway rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
elevated railway elevated railroad elevated el overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
line railway line rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
locomotive engine locomotive engine railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
lower berth lower | the lower of two berths |
railroad track railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway railroad railroad line railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station railroad station railroad terminal train station train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
sickbay sick berth | (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship) |
sleeper | a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed |
sleeper | pajamas with feet, worn by children |
sleeping car sleeper wagon-lit | a passenger car that has berths for sleeping |
tie railroad tie crosstie sleeper | one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track, the British call a railroad tie a sleeper |
upper berth upper | the higher of two berths |
yard railway yard railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
sleeper nest | a nest of sleepers awaiting a prearranged signal, sleeper nests of Islamic terrorists were capable of launching major attacks in Europe |
sleeper cell | a cell of sleepers, an al-Qaeda sleeper cell may have used Arizona as its base |
mooring moorage berth slip | a place where a craft can be made fast |
sleeper slumberer | a rester who is sleeping |
sleeper | an unexpected achiever of success, the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it |
sleeper | a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal |
trainman railroader railroad man railwayman railway man | an employee of a railroad |
moor berth wharf | come into or dock at a wharf, the big ship wharfed in the evening |
moor berth tie up | secure in or as if in a berth or dock, tie up the boat |
berth | provide with a berth |