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underground railway

underground railway noun: synonym of subway: a railway under the ground. Also the alternative form of Underground Railroad.

Noun

underground railway (plural underground railways)

  1. Synonym of subway: a railway under the ground.
    • It was advisable to avoid building an underground railway beneath private houses at the time, because the law would require you to buy those houses.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 29
    Synonyms:
    subway

Proper noun capitalized: Underground Railway

Underground Railway

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Underground Railroad.

Also used as

underground railway is also the alternative form of Underground Railroad.

Synonyms of underground railway

Forms of underground railway

pluralunderground railways

Words formed from underground railway

Questions about underground railway

What does underground railway mean?
Underground railway means synonym of subway: a railway under the ground.
What part of speech is underground railway?
Underground railway can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of underground railway?
The plural of underground railway is underground railways.

Words near underground railway in the dictionary

  1. underground handpasses
  2. underground mutton
  3. underground people
  4. underground railroad
  5. underground railroads
  6. underground railway
  7. underground railways
  8. undergrounded
  9. undergrounder
  10. undergrounders
  11. undergrounding

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