Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
rail technology railroading | the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads |
rail | any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud |
corncrake land rail Crex crex | common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields |
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 |
corrugated fastener wiggle nail | a small strip of corrugated steel with sharp points on one side, hammered across wood joints in rough carpentry |
corrugated iron | usually galvanized sheet iron or sheet steel shaped into straight parallel ridges and hollows |
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 |
fife rail | the railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel |
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 |
picture rail | rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures |
plate rail | rail or narrow shelf fixed to a wall to display plates |
rail | a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) |
rail | short for railway, he traveled by rail, he was concerned with rail safety |
rail fence | a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle) |
railing rail | a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports |
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 |
safety rail guardrail | a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety |
scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
split rail fence rail | a rail that is split from a log |
third rail | a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive |
towel rail towel bar | a horizontal bar a few inches from a wall for holding towels |
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 |
yard railway yard railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
a bellow bellowing holla holler hollering hollo holloa roar roaring yowl aa | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal), his bellow filled the hallway |
boom roar roaring thunder | a deep prolonged loud noise |
rail-splitter splitter | a laborer who splits logs to build splitail fences |
trainman railroader railroad man railwayman railway man | an employee of a railroad |
corrugated board corrugated cardboard | cardboard with corrugations (can be glued to flat cardboard on one or both sides) |
fulminate rail | criticize severely, He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare, She railed against the bad social policies |
vilify revile vituperate rail | spread negative information about, The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews |
rail inveigh | complain bitterly |
rail | fish with a handline over the rails of a boat, They are railing for fresh fish |
rail | lay with rails, hundreds of miles were railed out here |
train rail | travel by rail or train, They railed from Rome to Venice, She trained to Hamburg |
rail | convey (goods etc.) by rails, fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium |
rail rail off | separate with a railing, rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace |
rail | provide with rails, The yard was railed |
rail rail in | enclose with rails, rail in the old graves |
rackety rip-roaring uproarious | uncontrollably noisy |
corrugated | shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges, the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated |
booming flourishing palmy prospering prosperous roaring thriving | very lively and profitable, flourishing businesses, a palmy time for stockbrokers, a prosperous new business, doing a roaring trade, a thriving tourist center, did a thriving business in orchids |
roaring | extremely, roaring drunk |