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railroad
[reyl-rohd]
noun
a permanent road laid with rails, rail, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
an entire system of such roads together with its rolling stock, buildings, etc.; the entire railway plant, including fixed and movable property.
the company of persons owning or operating such a plant.
Bowling.a split.
railroads, stocks or bonds of railroad companies.
verb (used with object)
to transport by means of a railroad.
to supply with railroads.
Informal.to push (a law or bill) hastily through a legislature so that there is not time enough for objections to be considered.
Informal.to convict (a person) in a hasty manner by means of false charges or insufficient evidence.
The prisoner insisted he had been railroaded.
verb (used without object)
to work on a railroad.
railroad
/ ˈɪˌəʊ /
noun
the usual US word for railway
verb
informal(tr) to force (a person) into (an action) with haste or by unfair means
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonrailroad adjective
- prerailroad adjective
- prorailroad adjective
- unrailroaded adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of railroad1
Example Sentences
In the spring of 1894, a nationwide railroad strike, spreading out from the outskirts of Chicago, paralyzed freight and passenger rail traffic up and down California.
"We need to get the younger community involved so that we don't have the Republicans railroad us."
Seven counties that favored the development appealed to the Supreme Court and argued that the potential environment impact should be limited to the building of the railroad itself.
It was a place transformed, with railroads and wharves running at capacity.
From San Francisco, Kochersperger said, it was still a long, difficult postal route to Yosemite before railroad service reached the park.
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