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cliff railway

cliff railway noun: synonym of cliff lift (Sense 1).

Noun

cliff railway (plural cliff railways)

  1. (UK) Synonym of cliff lift (Sense 1).
    • A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous...1951 August, P. W. Gentry, “Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 514
    Synonyms:
    cliff lift

Synonyms of cliff railway

Forms of cliff railway

pluralcliff railways

Questions about cliff railway

What does cliff railway mean?
Cliff railway means synonym of cliff lift (Sense 1).
What part of speech is cliff railway?
Cliff railway is a noun.
What is the plural of cliff railway?
The plural of cliff railway is cliff railways.

Words near cliff railway in the dictionary

  1. cliff hanger
  2. cliff hangers
  3. cliff lift
  4. cliff lifts
  5. cliff notes
  6. cliff railway
  7. cliff railways
  8. cliff rose
  9. cliff roses
  10. cliff spurge
  11. cliff stonecrop

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