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railside

railside adjective: beside a railway.

Adjective

railside (not comparable)

  1. Beside a railway.
    • The Auschwitz Album, owned by Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust museum, depicts the railside selection process at Birkenau, the area where trains arrived at the camp, as SS men herded new prisoners into lines.2007 September 19, Neil A. Lewis, “In the Shadow of Horror, SS Guardians Frolic”, in New York Times

Origin of railside

From rail + -side.

Questions about railside

What does railside mean?
Railside means beside a railway.
What part of speech is railside?
Railside is an adjective.

Words near railside in the dictionary

  1. railroads
  2. rails
  3. rails out
  4. Railsback
  5. Railsbacks
  6. railside
  7. Railton
  8. Railtons
  9. railtour
  10. railtours
  11. railtrack

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