'Railroad' definitions:

Definition of 'railroad'

(from WordNet)
noun
Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight [syn: railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system]
noun
A line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" [syn: railroad track, railroad, railway]
verb
Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn: dragoon, sandbag, railroad]
verb
Supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West"
verb
Transport by railroad

Definition of 'Railroad'

From: GCIDE
  • Railroad \Rail"road`\, v. t. To carry or send by railroad; usually fig., to send or put through at high speed or in great haste; to hurry or rush unduly; as, to railroad a bill through Condress. [Colloq., U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Railroad'

From: GCIDE
  • Railroad \Rail"road`\ (r[=a]l"r[=o]d`), Railway \Rail"way`\ (r[=a]l"w[=a]`), n.
  • 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of the older tramway. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the commoner word in the United States. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and railway are used interchangeably: [1913 Webster]
  • Atmospheric railway, Elevated railway, etc. See under Atmospheric, Elevated, etc.
  • Cable railway. See Cable road, under Cable.
  • Ferry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated platform runs, for carrying a train of cars across a water course.
  • Gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an elevated point by stationary engines.
  • Railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or locomotives.
  • Railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]
  • Railway carriage, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]
  • Railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.
  • Railway slide. See Transfer table, under Transfer.
  • Railway spine (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till some months after the injury.
  • Underground railroad Underground railway. (a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as beneath the streets of a city. (b) Formerly, a system of cooperation among certain active antislavery people in the United States prior to 1866, by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach Canada.
  • Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was usually used.] "Their house was a principal entrep[^o]t of the underground railroad." --W. D. Howells. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'railroad'

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Railroad, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Railroad, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000) :
300
Housing Units (2000) :
116
Land area (2000) :
0.626665 sq. miles (1.623054 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.626665 sq. miles (1.623054 sq. km)
FIPS code :
63288
Located within :
Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location :
39.756761 N, 76.699396 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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