| record track record | the sum of recognized accomplishments, the lawyer has a good record, the track record shows that he will be a good president |
Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
| track record | the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack, the track record for the mile and a half at Belmont is minutes seconds held by Secretariat since |
| fast track | a rapid means of achieving a goal, they saw independence as the fast track to democracy, he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder, the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped |
| track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it |
track
running | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track |
| ballast | any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship |
| ballast light ballast | an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps |
ballast resistor
ballast barretter | a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) |
branch line
spur track
spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
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 |
| cinder track | a racetrack paved with fine cinders |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
| dirt track | a racetrack that is not paved |
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 |
| half track | a track that goes around only rear wheels |
| half track | a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks, frequently used by the military |
| laugh track | prerecorded laughter added to the soundtrack of a radio or television show |
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 |
racetrack
racecourse
raceway track | a course over which races are run |
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 |
track
cart track
cartroad | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one |
track rail rails
runway | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll |
| track | a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels |
| track | a groove on a phonograph recording |
| track data track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data |
track caterpillar track
caterpillar tread | an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground |
tramline
tramway
streetcar track | the track on which trams or streetcars run |
yard railway yard
railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
| ballast | an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals, something that steadies the mind or feelings |
| inside track | a favorable position in a competition, the boss's son had the inside track for that job |
lead
track
trail | evidence pointing to a possible solution, the police are following a promising lead, the trail led straight to the perpetrator |
| cut track | a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc, he played the first cut on the cd, the title track of the album |
| track meet | a track and field competition between two or more teams |
| track event | a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor) |
| inside track | the inner side of a curved racecourse |
path
track
course | a line or route along which something travels or moves, the hurricane demolished houses in its path, the track of an animal, the course of the river |
| track star | a star runner |
trainman
railroader
railroad man
railwayman
railway man | an employee of a railroad |
broad-leaved plantain common plantain
white-man's foot
whiteman's foot
cart-track plant
Plantago major | common European perennial naturalized worldwide, a troublesome weed |
| ballast | coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads |
| track-to-track seek time | (computer science) the time it takes for a read
write head to move to an adjacent data track |
| ballast | make steady with a ballast |
| keep track | keep informed of fully aware, I keep track of the stock market developments |