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subway-surface

/ˌsʌb.weɪ̯ ˈsɝːfɨs/US[ˌsəb.wej ˈsɚ.fɪs]

subway-surface noun: streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both.

Noun

subway-surface (plural subway-surfaces)

  1. (US) Streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both.

Forms of subway-surface

pluralsubway-surfaces

Questions about subway-surface

What does subway-surface mean?
Subway-surface means streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both.
What part of speech is subway-surface?
Subway-surface is a noun.
How do you pronounce subway-surface?
Subway-surface is pronounced /ˌsʌb.weɪ̯ ˈsɝːfɨs/.
What is the plural of subway-surface?
The plural of subway-surface is subway-surfaces.

Words near subway-surface in the dictionary

  1. subway
  2. Subway Cave
  3. subway series
  4. subway tile
  5. subway tiles
  6. subway-surface
  7. subway-surfaces
  8. subwayed
  9. subwayer
  10. subwayers
  11. subwaying

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