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LR

LR is the initialism of light rail.

LR is the initialism of light railway.

LR is the initialism of legislative referendum.

LR is the initialism of long rifle.

LR is the initialism of left to right.

LR is the initialism of long-range.

Meaning of light rail

Noun

light rail (countable and uncountable, plural light rails)

  1. (Canada, US) A kind of passenger railway in urban and suburban settings typically characterized by a mixture of tram (or in North America streetcar) and metro features, crossing streets at grade crossings and normally powered by electricity.
    • The new Denver light rail runs along the Interstate highway.
    Antonyms:
    heavy rail

Meaning of light railway

Noun

light railway (plural light railways)

  1. (UK) A railway built at a lower cost, with a lighter track and to a lower standard than a main-line railway.
    • Under a Light Railway Order of 1904, the line was extended to Appledore, and opened thence on May 1, 1908, bringing the route length up to a fraction over 7 miles. The whole system was worked under this Order as a light railway, but this caused some friction with the local authorities when, under...1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 459

Forms of LR

pluralLRs

Words formed from LR

Questions about LR

What is LR the initialism of?
LR is the initialism of light rail.

Words near LR in the dictionary

  1. LQGs
  2. LQP
  3. LQTM
  4. LQTMs
  5. LQTS
  6. LR
  7. LRA
  8. LRAAM
  9. LRAAMs
  10. LRAD
  11. LRADs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: LR (page history and authors); light rail (page history and authors); light railway (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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