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by rail

by rail prepositional phrase: via a train.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Via a train.
    • Cotton was increasingly shipped by rail.

Questions about by rail

What does by rail mean?
By rail means via a train.
What part of speech is by rail?
By rail is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by rail in the dictionary

  1. by one's lights
  2. by one's lonesome
  3. by one's own hand
  4. by oneself
  5. by owner
  6. by rail
  7. by reason of
  8. by return
  9. by return mail
  10. by return of post
  11. by right

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