Dictionary Definition
railroad
Noun
1 line that is the commercial organization
responsible for operating a railway system [syn: railway, railroad
line, railway
line, railway
system]
2 a line of track providing a runway for wheels;
"he walked along the railroad track" [syn: railroad
track, railway]
Verb
1 compel by coercion, threats, or crude means;
"They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn: dragoon, sandbag]
2 supply with railroad lines; "railroad the
West"
3 transport by railroad
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- A transportation system consisting of metal rails and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
- The railroad track itself.
Synonyms
Translations
transportation system
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 鐵路, 铁路 (tiělù)
- Czech: železnice
- Dutch: spoorweg
- Finnish: rautatie, rautatie
- French: chemin de fer
- German: Eisenbahn
- Hebrew: מסילת רכבת (mesillat-rakevet)
- Hungarian: vasút
- Italian: ferrovia
- Japanese: 鉄道
- Korean: 철도 (cheoldo)
- Ojibwe: ishkodewidaabaan
- Portuguese: estrada de ferro
- Russian: железная дорога
- Spanish: ferrocarril
- Swedish: järnväg
the track itself
- Chinese: 鐵道, 铁道 (tiědào)
- Finnish: rata, rautatie
- French: voie ferrée
- German: Eisenbahnlinie
- Japanese: 線路
- Ojibwe: ishkodewidaabaanikana
- Russian: железная дорога
- Swedish: järnväg
- ttbc Dutch: spoorweg
- ttbc Esperanto: fervojo
- ttbc Italian: ferrovia
- ttbc Korean: 철도 (cheoldo)
- ttbc Polish: kolej
- ttbc Spanish: ferrocarril , riel
- ttbc Veps: raudte
Verb
Translations
to transport via railroad
- Hungarian: vasúton szállít
- Japanese: 鉄道輸送する
to operate a railroad
- Japanese: qualifier phrase 鉄道を経営する
to engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads
- Japanese: qualifier phrase 鉄道模型をする
to prepare a rapid summary process
- Hungarian: keresztülhajt
- Japanese: qualifier phrase 強引に通過させる
Extensive Definition
For articles on Railroad see:
For modern railroads
For early railroads
For mountain railways
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
L, accelerate, branch, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, bundle, bustle, cable railway, coerce, cog railway, compel, constitute, crowd, decree, dispatch, dragoon, drive on, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway,
embankment, enact, enact laws, expedite, feeder, feeder line, filibuster, force, forward, get the floor,
gravity-operated railway, haste, hasten, hasten on, have the
floor, hector, hie on,
horse railway, hurry,
hurry along, hurry on, hurry up, hustle, hustle up, intimidate, junction, kill, lean on, legislate, light railroad,
line, lobby through,
logroll, main line,
metro, monorail, ordain, pass, pigeonhole, pocket, precipitate, press, pressure, push, push on, push through, put in
force, put through, quicken, rack railway,
rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad through,
railway, roadbed, roadway, roll logs, rush, rush along, sidetrack, siding, speed, speed along, speed up,
spur, squeeze, stampede, street railway,
streetcar line, subway,
switchback, table, take the floor, terminal, terminus, track, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, tyrannize, underground, urge, veto, whip, whip along, yield the
floor