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prerailway

prerailway adjective: before the development of a railway, or railways in general.

Adjective

prerailway (not comparable)

  1. Before the development of a railway, or railways in general.
    • Chapters on prerailway transportation and the telegraph complete the volume.2022, Harry Clark, A Venture in History, page 140

Origin of prerailway

From pre- + railway.

Questions about prerailway

What does prerailway mean?
Prerailway means before the development of a railway, or railways in general.
What part of speech is prerailway?
Prerailway is an adjective.

Words near prerailway in the dictionary

  1. preradicalization
  2. preradicals
  3. preradio
  4. preradiographic
  5. prerailroad
  6. prerailway
  7. preramble
  8. preran
  9. prerandomisation
  10. prerandomize
  11. prerandomized

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