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antirailway

antirailway adjective: opposed to a railway.

Adjective

antirailway (not comparable)

  1. Opposed to a railway.
    • When the antirailway men arrived to take their seats, Amboy partisans refused to let them enter on their duties.1940, Harry Emerson Wildes, The Delaware

Origin of antirailway

From anti- + railway.

Questions about antirailway

What does antirailway mean?
Antirailway means opposed to a railway.
What part of speech is antirailway?
Antirailway is an adjective.

Words near antirailway in the dictionary

  1. antiradio
  2. antirads
  3. antiragweed
  4. antirail
  5. antirailroad
  6. antirailway
  7. antirally
  8. antirap
  9. antirape
  10. antirat
  11. antirational

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