railroad

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: railroad

1	n v	a line of track providing a runway for wheels transport by railroad
2	v	compel by coercion, threats, or crude means

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: railroad

“he walked along the railroad track”

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; broad gauge
a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches; gantlet
the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times; narrow gauge
a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches; railroad siding, sidetrack, siding, turnout
a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass; standard gauge
railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches; switch
railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; 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; cog railway, rack railway
railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction; el, elevated, elevated railroad, elevated railway, overhead railway
a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level; metro, subway, subway system, tube, underground
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); monorail
a railway having a single track; rail
short for railway; scenic railway
small railway in an amusement park; big dipper, chute-the-chute, roller coaster
elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)

“railroad the West”

Type of:: furnish, provide, render, supply
give something useful or necessary to

Type of:: coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"

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