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| Main Entry: |
subway
[suhb-wey]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | underground railroad |
| Synonyms: | chute, metro, tube, underground |
| Main Entry: | railroad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | train line |
| Synonyms: | elevated railway, line, metro, monorail, rail line, railway, streetcar line, subway, tracks, trolley line, tube, underground railway |
| Main Entry: | road |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path upon which travel occurs |
| Synonyms: | alley, artery, asphalt, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, cobblestone, concrete, course, crossroad, direction, drag*, dragway, drive, expressway, highway, lane, line, main drag, parking lot, parkway, passage, pathway, pavement, pike, roadway, route, street, subway, terrace, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, track, trail, turnpike, viaduct, way |
| Notes: | street comes from Latin strata 'something laid'; road is a general term, whereas street is narrower in sense and chiefly urban in application - a street typically has buildings on either side and is paved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tunnel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covered passageway |
| Synonyms: | adit, burrow, channel, crawl space, crawlway, crosscut, drift, hole, hole in the wall, mine, passage, pit, shaft, subway, tube, underpass |
| Main Entry: | public transportation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public transit service |
| Synonyms: | LRT, busline, light rail, mass transit, metro, rail rapid transit, railway, rapid transit, subway, urban transportation service |
| Main Entry: | underground railroad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secret cooperative network |
| Synonyms: | subway, underground railway, underground route |
| Main Entry: | tube |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hose |
| Synonyms: | cannula, chute, conduit, cylinder, duct, pipe, pipeline, pipette, straw, subway, tunnel |
| Main Entry: | roadway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | road |
| Synonyms: | artery, asphalt, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, cobblestone, concrete, course, crossroad, direction, drag*, dragway, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, lane, line, main drag, parking lot, parkway, passage, path, pathway, pavement, pike, route, street, subway, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, track, trail, turnpike, viaduct, way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | superhighway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | road |
| Synonyms: | artery, asphalt, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, cobblestone, concrete, course, crossroad, direction, drag*, dragway, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, lane, line, main drag, parking lot, parkway, passage, path, pathway, pavement, pike, roadway, route, street, subway, terrace, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, track, trail, turnpike, viaduct, way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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