funicular
Definitions of funicular
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a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending carssynonyms: teleférico, tren-cremalleratype of:ferrocarril, ferrocarrileroline that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
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