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underground railways

underground railways is the plural of underground railway.

Meaning of underground railway

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

Questions about underground railways

What is underground railways the plural of?
Underground railways is the plural of underground railway.

Words near underground railways in the dictionary

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

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