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railroads

railroads is the plural of railroad.

railroads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of railroad.

Meaning of railroad

Noun

railroad (plural railroads)

  1. (Philippines, US) A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
    • Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads.
  2. (US) The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
  3. (US) A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets
    • Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other.
  4. (figuratively) A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
    • The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.

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Phrases with railroads

Questions about railroads

What is railroads the plural of?
Railroads is the plural of railroad.

Words near railroads in the dictionary

  1. railroaders
  2. railroadiana
  3. railroading
  4. railroadings
  5. railroadish
  6. railroads
  7. rails
  8. rails out
  9. Railsback
  10. Railsbacks
  11. railside

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Adapted from Wiktionary: railroads (page history and authors); railroad (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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