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street railway

/stɹiːt-ɹeɪlweɪ/

street railway noun: a tram line; public transportation operating on rails laid in public streets.

street railway: a tram line; public transportation operating on rails laid in public streets
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Noun

street railway (plural street railways)

  1. A tram line; public transportation operating on rails laid in public streets.
    • "In the Year-Book of Facts, 1861, pp. 75-80, we described Train's new Street Railway."1862, John Timbs, The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, St. Martin's Press, page 67
    • "Since street-railway tracks were laid along the lines of other vehicular traffic."1898, Mason Delano Pratt, Charles Ames Alden, Street-railway Roadbed, Street Railway Publishing Company, Page 67

Forms of street railway

pluralstreet railways

Questions about street railway

What does street railway mean?
Street railway means a tram line; public transportation operating on rails laid in public streets.
What part of speech is street railway?
Street railway is a noun.
How do you pronounce street railway?
Street railway is pronounced /stɹiːt-ɹeɪlweɪ/.
What is the plural of street railway?
The plural of street railway is street railways.

Words near street railway in the dictionary

  1. street queens
  2. street race
  3. street raced
  4. street races
  5. street racing
  6. street railway
  7. street railways
  8. street rod
  9. street shitter
  10. street shitters
  11. street shoes

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