railroad

[ reyl-rohd ]

/ ˈreɪlˌroʊd /

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noun

a permanent road laid with rails, 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.

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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.

Origin of railroad

1750–60; 1875–85 for def 9; rail¹ + road

OTHER WORDS FROM railroad

non·rail·road, adjective pre·rail·road, adjective pro·rail·road, adjective un·rail·road·ed, adjective

Words nearby railroad

railcar, railcard, railhead, railing, raillery, railroad, railroad flat, railroad pen, railroad worm, railroader, railroading

Example sentences from the Web for railroad

It was from a former Railroad Commission employee who had gone to work for an oil and gas developer.

Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired. |David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A Railroad Commission employee drove him 80 miles to his home in Freer.

Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired. |David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Kocurek and Wright, who worked in different Railroad Commission districts, were fired within months of each other in 2013.

Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired. |David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He said he prefers to forget about his 18-month stint with the Railroad Commission.

Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired. |David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The gold miners and the borax miners and the railroad workers.

Men Without a Country: Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, My Father and Me |Arthur Chu |August 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He disappeared into one of the sheds at the end of the railroad.

Frank Merriwell's Cruise |Burt L. Standish
But you'll excuse me if I say that I scarcely expected to have the railroad company's field-manager come and tell me about it.

The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush |Francis Lynde
Most of the terminal towns vanished completely when the railroad moved on.

The Last American Frontier |Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson
Boughton's brigade was on the left of the railroad, and Harland's on the right.

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 |Jacob Dolson Cox
At this time I put up at the Hotel Victoria, near the railroad station.

Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison |Austin Biron Bidwell

British Dictionary definitions for railroad

railroad

/ (ˈreɪlˌrəʊd) /

noun

the usual US word for railway

verb

(tr) informal to force (a person) into (an action) with haste or by unfair means

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verb (used without object)

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British Dictionary definitions for railroad

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railroad

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of railroad

OTHER WORDS FROM railroad

Words nearby railroad

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