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Definition: Railroad |
RailroadNoun1. Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system. 2. A line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track". Verb1. Compel by threatening. 2. Supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West". 3. Transport by railroad. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "railroad" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
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Satire | RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to wher we are no better off. For this purpose the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Building & Civil Engineering | The railroad consists of roadbed, rails, sleepers, and signal and power installations, all included in the cross-sectional envelope. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | If you dream of a railroad, you will find that your business will need close attention, as enemies are trying to usurp you. For a young woman to dream of railroads, she will make a journey to visit friends, and will enjoy some distinction. To see an obstruction on these roads, indicates foul play in your affairs. To walk the cross ties of a railroad, signifies a time of worry and laborious work. To walk the rails, you may expect to obtain much happiness from your skilful manipulation of affairs. To see a road inundated with clear water, foretells that pleasure will wipe out misfortune for a time, but it will rise, phoenix like, again. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Rail tracksA railroad or railway is a guided means of land transport, designed to be used by trains, both passengers and freight are transported on railways. It consists of two parallel rails, usually made of steel, and wooden or concrete sleepers or ties that hold the rails exactly at the proper distance from each other. See Rail tracks
General
Rail transport is one of the most energy efficient means of mechanised land transport known. The rails provide very smooth and hard surfaces on which the wheels of the train may roll with a minimum of friction. This is more comfortable and saves energy. Trains also have a small frontal area in relation to the load they are carrying, which cuts down on air resistance and thus energy usage. In all, under the right circumstances, a train needs 50-70% less energy to transport a given tonnage of freight (or given number of passengers), than by road. Furthermore, together with the sleepers the rails distribute the weight of the train evenly, allowing significantly greater loads per axle/wheel than in road transport.
Rail transport is also one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highly efficient use of space: a double tracked rail line can carry more passengers or freight in a given amount of time, than a four-laned road.
Railways can be built with different distances between the two rails, the distance between the two rails is known as the rail gauge.
Railways use signaling (usually colour lights) to prevent trains from colliding.
Railroads may or may not be electrified. If they are not, they can only be used by non-electric trains, mainly diesel trains. In many parts of the world large parts of the railroad network have been electrified. Electric trains do not have to carry their own fuel. They are cleaner and less noisy.
To be electrified, a means of supplying electricity to the train is needed, this may be done by overhead wires, or by a third rail system. The former is the most common method.
High speed rail, with speeds up to 350 kilometers per hour, are achieved by a specially built railroad and special trains.
For short, steep stretches funiculars or cable car railways and cog railways provide railway functionality.
In a broader sense, the term railroad includes monorail, rubber-tired metro and maglev, since the cars also run in a guided path.
Major cities often have metro and/or light rail/tram systems. For a tram on the road the terms streetcar track or tram track are used, rather than railroad or railway. A tram with its own right-of-way it is called a tramway.
Depending on how much traffic they carry, railways can be built with a varying number of tracks. Rail lines that carry little traffic are often built with a single track which is used by trains traveling in both directions; on rail lines like these, "passing loops" or "passing sidings", which consist of short stretches of double track, are provided at certain points along the line to allow trains to pass each other, and travel in different directions. Alternatively, there may be larger sections of the line that are double track - effective timetabling can allow train travel up and down the partially double track line equivalent to travel on fully double tracks. Conversely, double tram track is sometimes intertwined at narrow passages (see Tram). Single-track lines are cheaper to build, but can only handle a limited amount of traffic.
On busier lines, two or more tracks are provided, one or more for each direction of travel. On very busy lines as many as eight tracks (four tracks in each direction) are used to handle large amounts of traffic.
With the advent of containerized freight in the 1960s, rail and ship transportation have become an integrated network that move bulk goods very efficiently with a very low labor cost. An example is that goods from east Asia that are bound for Europe will often be shipped across the Pacific and transferred to trains to cross North America and be transferred back to a ship for the Atlantic crossing.
High altitude railways are in Peru and Tibet (under construction).
History in brief
Early horse drawn wagonways operated in Europe, from around 1550 usually operating with crude wooden tracks.
The first steam locomotive to operate on tracks, built by Richard Trevithick was operated in 1804 In Wales, although it was not fianancially successful.
The first successful steam locomotives were built by George Stephenson, culminating in his famous Rocket locomotive.
The first successful steam operated railway was the Stockton and Darlington Railway in northern England in the 1820s, which was soon followed by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway proved the viabillity of rail transport.
Railways soon spread throughout England and through the world, and became the dominant means of land transport for nearly a century, until the invention of aircraft and automobiles, which prompted a gradual decline in railways.
Diesel and electric trains and locomotives replaced steam, in many countries, in the decades after World War II.
Many countries since the 1960s have adopted High-speed railways.
for more detail see History of rail transport.
Terminology
To distinguish two directions on a given line sometimes one is called the up train and the other down train, which may for example mean from and toward the center or the big city.
In Britain and other commonwealth countries the term railway is used in preference to railroad, while in the United States the reverse is true. However, railroad has been used historically in Britain and a number of American companies have railway in their names instead of railroad (the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway being the most pre-eminent modern example).
In Britain the term railway is often used to refer to the complete organisation of tracks, trains, stations, signaling, timetables and the organising companies which collectively make up a coordinated railway system, while permanent way or p/way refers to the tracks alone. See also British railway system.
- American English - railroad
- Commonwealth English - railway
- Romanian - ''cale feratã' (iron way)
- Danish - jernbane (iron way)
- Dutch - spoorweg (track road)
- Finnish - rautatie (iron road)
- French - chemin de fer (way of iron)
- German - die Eisenbahn (iron road)
- Greek - Σιδηρόδρομος - Sidirodromos (iron road)
- Italian - ferrovia (iron way)
- Japanese - tetsudou (iron road)
- Korean - cheoldo (iron road)
- Portuguese - caminho de ferro (way of iron)
- Spanish - ferrocarril (iron road)
- Swedish - järnväg (iron way)
- Russian - zheleznaya doroga (железная дорога) (iron road)
Statistics
Of the 236 countries and dependencies, 143 have rail transport (including several with very little), of which ca. 90 with passenger services.
see also Rail usage statistics by country.
See also
Underground railway, Rail gauge, History of rail transport, List of railway companies, Locomotive, Public transport, Private transport, Private railroad, Railroad switch, Famous trains, Railway Mail Service, Economy of Earth (Transportation section), Driving, List of countries by rail transport network size, First Transcontinental Railroad (North America).
External links
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- http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2121.html - rail transport by country
- http://www.bahn.de/pv/uebersicht/die_bahn_international_guests.shtml - travel planner of German Railways (covers Europe, as well as at least each branch of the Trans-Siberian railway)
- http://www.vagabondo.net/Indexeng.htm?/Eng/Thenet/Travel/rail.htm - links to railway companies and timetables
- http://www.routesinternational.com/rail.htm - links
- http://www.railpassengers.org.uk/News/OtherPublications/Council/Railfuture_NRIS - National Railcard International Survey - Survey of national rail discount cards in various European countries
- Track maps
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rail transport."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Railroad is a borough located in York County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 300.Geography
Railroad is located at 39°45'24" North, 76°41'58" West (39.756761, -76.699396)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 300 people, 112 households, and 79 families residing in the borough. The population density is 183.9/km² (478.7/mi²). There are 116 housing units at an average density of 71.1/km² (185.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 96.33% White, 1.67% African American, 2.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.67% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 112 households out of which 41.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% are married couples living together, 12.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% are non-families. 24.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.68 and the average family size is 3.16. In the borough the population is spread out with 29.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.8 males. The median income for a household in the borough is $37,917, and the median income for a family is $47,813. Males have a median income of $29,286 versus $25,417 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $16,709. 4.7% of the population and 1.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 16.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Railroad, Pennsylvania."
Synonyms: RailroadSynonyms: railroad line (n), railroad track (n), railway (n), railway line (n), railway system (n), dragoon (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: railroading (politics & international affaires). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Haste | Quicken; accelerate, expedite, put on, precipitate, urge, whip; railroad. |
Method | Roadway, pathway, stairway; express; thoroughfare; highway; turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road; broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway; beaten track, beaten path; horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path; walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk; crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway; cut; short cut; (mid-course); carrefour; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal; (conduit); street; (abode); speedway. |
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Crosswords: Railroad |
| English words defined with "railroad": Horse railroad ♦ railroad bed, railroad car, railroad man, railroad siding, railroad ticket, railroad tie, railroad track, railroad tunnel. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "railroad": BRAKE REPAIRER, RAILROAD ♦ Class I Railroad, COOK, RAILROAD ♦ INSPECTOR, RAILROAD ♦ painter, railroad car ♦ RAILROAD WHEELS AND AXLE INSPECTOR, REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, RAILROAD CAR INSPECTION AND REPAIR ♦ STEWARD/STEWARDESS, RAILROAD DINING CAR. (references) |
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Screenplays | You work for the railroad, Grampa (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen) I went into show business when I was seven years old. Two days later the first comic I ever met stole my piggy bank in a railroad station in Portland (Lady of Burlesque; writing credit: James Gunn; Gypsy Rose Lee) You're nothing but a railroad tramp (Johnny Guitar; writing credit: Roy Chanslor; Philip Yordan) | |
Lyrics | Cross the railroad tracks (Neon Moon; performing artist: Brooks & Dunn) They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks (MY HOMETOWN; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track ("Johnny B. Goode"; performing artist: Chuck Berry) A chug-a chug-a motion like a railroad train, now. ("The Loco-Motion"; performing artist: Little Eva) That fateful night the car was stalled upon the railroad track ("Teen Angel"; performing artist: Mark Dinning) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Railroad Town (1956) So You Want to Build a Model Railroad (1955) Railroad Rhythm (1937) Porky's Railroad (1937) Railroad Wretch (1932) | |
Song Titles | The Locomotion (performing artist: Grand Funk Railroad) The Loco-motion (performing artist: Grand Funk Railroad) We're an American Band (performing artist: Grand Funk Railroad) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Squeezing through a railroad culvert White 1 and 1/2 ton truck Astro party of C.V. Hodgson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | William M. Scaife On hand car on Anchorage to Fairbanks railroad. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | A southeastern view of East Cambridge as seen from the Warren Bridge leading into Charlestown. Glass factories are seen on the right; railroad cars on a viaduct are seen on the left. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | "View of Benicia from the West", frontispiece. In: Reports of Explorations and Surveys .... Vol. 5. Commonly known as Pacific Railroad Surveys. Call Number F593 .U58. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | The Sacramento River at Redding, CA. The railroad bridge. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Dune plants like sea oats and railroad vine help to anchor dune systems. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Council City and Solomon River Railroad, Solomon. Credit: Nick Seifert. |  | Aieral view of Interstate 25, a railroad track and the old El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail. Established in 1598 by Juan de Onate, this trail from Mexico City to Santa Fe provided vital communications and trade between Mexico and the frontier lands of New Mexico for over 300 years. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site. Credit: NPS. |  | Railroad station platform, food vendors, Tobol'sk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
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| "Railroad wagon" by Peter Rödström Commentary: "Close up of a railroad carriage. Taken in the Port of Göteborg September 2003 . If you use it in print please let me know how and where! ." | "Railroad tracks" by Whitney Jones Commentary: "Railroad tracks." |
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 | Train; alert; railroad; whistling; choo-choo; blow; chug; signal; airy; low. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany and Poland undertake, within one year of the coming into force of this Treaty, to enter into conventions of which the terms, in case of difference, shall be settled by the Council of the League of Nations, with the object of securing, on the one hand, to Germany full and adequate railroad, telegraphic and telephonic facilities for communication between the rest of Germany and East Prussia over the intervening Polish territory, and on the other hand to Poland full and adequate railroad, telegraphic and telephonic facilities for communication between Poland and the Free City of Danzig over any German territory that may, on the right bank of the Vistula, intervene between Poland and the Free City of Danzig. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Now, as has been the case for twenty years past, the terminus of the Orleans railroad lies just outside of the old suburb, and keeps it in movement |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I had already bought the shanty of James Collins, an Irishman who worked on the Fitchburg Railroad, for boards |
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Health | When this happens, the tau no longer holds the railroad tracks together and the microtubules fall apart. (references) | |
Business | By mid-1998 all three major railroad lines had been concessioned, with only a handful of short lines to go. (references) | |
Within this sector are included all the food industry, pharmaceutical industry, cargo transport, metal industry, construction industry and the railroad operating company, among others. (references) | ||
The modernization of the harbors, the recovery of the railroad network system and coastal shipping, in addition to the development of multi-modal logistics centers, represent the first steps. (references) | ||
Economic History | Albania | Albania's state-run railroad has approximately 240 miles of track. (references) |
Senegal | Plans are to replace the existing railroad with a wider-railed network. (references) | |
Oman | Oman has no railroad, and there are no known plans to develop this sector. (references) | |
Human Rights | Romania | On April 5, a railroad police officer beat Ioana Silaghi, a 15-year-old girl, in Oradea in Bihor County. (references) |
Romania | The police officer claimed that Silaghi had stolen his cell phone, and hit and kicked her in the police station in the Oradea railroad station. (references) | |
Armenia | In July 2000, the first instance court of Nork-Marash district of Yerevan found all nine members (of what the indictment described as a "death squad" set up by Siradeghian) guilty of the assassinations of Hovannes Sukiassian, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the city of Ashtarak and Head of the Armenian Railroad Hambartsum Ghandilian, murder attempts, intimidation, and racketeering. (references) | |
Minorities | Argentina | The Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Directorate reported that a prosecutor in Lomas de Zamora, Manuel Devoto, was investigating the case but that of the many witnesses to the incident, including a number of railroad employees, only one has been willing to testify. (references) |
Political Economy | GUATEMALA | The telecommunications sector and key elements of the electricity industry have been privatized, and the government has awarded concessions for the operation of the railroad and the postal service. (references) |
Lithuania | The Government continued to move forward with the privatization of large-scale enterprises, such as energy, gas, airline, and railroad companies; most housing and small businesses have been privatized. (references) | |
Trade | Guatemala | U.S. Trade and Development Agency recently provided financing for a feasibility study to the Guatemalan subsidiary of the U.S. firm awarded the concession to operate Guatemala's railroad. (references) |
Travel | Greece | The length of the railroad network is 2,500 kilometers. (references) |
Greece | Greek inland surface transportation is via a road and railroad network. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Senegal | The UNSAS is a federation of strategically important unions such as those formed by electrical workers, telecommunication workers, teachers, water technicians, and hospital, railroad, and sugar workers. (references) |
Pakistan | The Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) covers the state administration, government services, and state enterprises such as oil and gas production, electricity generation and transmission, the state-owned airline, the national railroad, and ports. (references) | |
Mali | During the year, the Government negotiated with all labor unions a social pact intended to encourage more discussions between workers and employers, thus lessening the risk of strikes; however, during the year, railroad and cotton parastatal workers went on strike. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FOOL, n. A person who pervades the domain of intellectual speculation and diffuses himself through the channels of moral activity. He is omnific, omniform, omnipercipient, omniscience, omnipotent. He it was who invented letters, printing, the railroad, the steamboat, the telegraph, the platitude and the circle of the sciences. He created patriotism and taught the nations war -- founded theology, philosophy, law, medicine and Chicago. He established monarchical and republican government. He is from everlasting to everlasting -- such as creation's dawn beheld he fooleth now. In the morning of time he sang upon primitive hills, and in the noonday of existence headed the procession of being. His grandmotherly hand was warmly tucked-in the set sun of civilization, and in the twilight he prepares Man's evening meal of milk-and-morality and turns down the covers of the universal grave. And after the rest of us shall have retired for the night of eternal oblivion he will sit up to write a history of human civilization. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Your particular attention is invited to the subject of mail contracts with railroad companies. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | This year, we must begin the effort to reform our regulatory processes for the railroad, bus, and the trucking industries. |
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| "Railroad" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.48% of the time. "Railroad" is used about 119 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.48% | 116 | 29,969 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.52% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 119 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd. | USA | Illinois Central Railroad Company |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Railroad, PA (borough, FIPS 63288) |
Expressions using "railroad": elevated railroad ♦ Horse railroad ♦ railroad bed ♦ railroad car ♦ railroad crossing warning system ♦ railroad engineer ♦ railroad flare ♦ railroad flat ♦ railroad footbridge ♦ railroad into doing ♦ railroad line ♦ railroad man ♦ railroad network ♦ railroad pass ♦ railroad siding ♦ railroad spike ♦ railroad station ♦ railroad terminal ♦ railroad ticket ♦ railroad tie ♦ railroad ties ♦ railroad track ♦ railroad train ♦ railroad transportation ♦ railroad tunnel ♦ railroad underpass ♦ railroad vine ♦ railroad worm ♦ underground railroad. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "railroad"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | hekurudhor (railway), hekurudhë (railway). (various references) | |
Arabic | نقل بالقطار, نقل بالسكة الحديدية, سكة حديدية (rail, railway), خط السكة الحديدية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отървавам се от (dispose of, ditch, get rid of, put off, shake oneself free, shed, ship off, unload), железопътен работник съм, железопътен (railway), железница (rail, railway), превозвам с влак (rail). (various references) | |
Chinese | 鐵路 (railway), 铁路 (Railway). (various references) | |
Danish | jernbane (railway). (various references) | |
Dutch | spoorweg (railway), spoor (imprint, print, railway, spur, trace, track, trail). (various references) | |
Esperanto | fervojo (railway). (various references) | |
Farsi | پاپوش درست کردن (Frame), سرهم بندی کردن (Bollix, Bunlge, Jerrybuild, Vamp), راه اهن (Railway, Road), باراه اهن فرستادن یاسفرکردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | rautatie (railway). (various references) | |
French | chemin de fer (rail, railway). (various references) | |
Frisian | spoarwei (railway). (various references) | |
German | Eisenbahn (railway, train), Bahn (alley, course, Gore, Lane, length, path, pathway, railway, road, route, streetcar, track, train, tram, way, web). (various references) | |
Greek | σιδηρόδρομοσ (monorail, railway), σιδηροδρομική οδός, επισπεύδω (accelerate, despatch, dispatch, expedite, hasten, hie, hurry, precipitate, speed), ψηφίζω νομοσχέδιον εν βία. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מסלת ברזל (rail, railway), מסלת רכבת. (various references) | |
Hungarian | vasút (rail, railway). (various references) | |
Icelandic | járnbraut (railway). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jalan kereta-api (railway). (various references) | |
Italian | ferrovia (rail, railway). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鉄路 (railway), 鉄道 , 鉄道 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | てつどう, てつろ (railway). (various references) | |
Korean | 철도 (Railway). (various references) | |
Papago | wainomi-wohg. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailroadray.(various references) | |
Polish | kolej (railway). (various references) | |
Portuguese | ferrovia (railway), estrada de ferro (railway). (various references) | |
Romanian | unelti împotriva, transporta cu trenul (rail), face sã treacã în grabã, cale feratã (permanent way, rail, railway, road, trackway). (various references) | |
Russian | железнодорожный (rail-freight, railway), железная дорога/ .железнодорожный (railway), железная дорога (railway). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | železnica (railway), železnički (rail, railway). (various references) | |
Spanish | ferrocarril (railway, train). (various references) | |
Swahili | reli (railway). (various references) | |
Swedish | järnväg (rail, railway). (various references) | |
Tagalog | ríles (railway). (various references) | |
Thai | ผลักดันอย่างเร่งรีบ, ทางรถไฟ, ระบบทางรถไฟ (railway), ขนส่งโดยทางรถไฟ. (various references) | |
Turkish | zorlamak (be urgent with smb., bludgeon, bully, clamor down, clamour down, coerce, compel, constrain, cow smb. into, cozen, do violence to, drag in, drive, edge on, enforce, exact, force, impel, impose, impress, lean upon, obligate, outrage, press, press-gang smb. into doing smth., pressure, push, push smb. for, railroad into doing, stampede, strain, stretch, subdue, sweat, twist smb.'s arm, urge, worry, wrest), tren yolu (railway), meclisten hızla geçirmek, mecbur etmek (coerce, compel, constrain, cow smb. into, force, obligate, oblige, pin, pin down, railroad into doing, reduce, subject), demiryolu ile taşımak, demiryolu (rail, railway, road). (various references) | |
Turkmen | дtiюgir (railroad pliers, tongs). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | їздити залізницею, транспортувати залізницею, залізниця (rail, railway), будувати залізницю (railway). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đường xe lửa (railway). (various references) | |
Zulu | ujantsi wesitimela (railway). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "railroad": railroaded, railroader, railroaders, railroading, railroadings, railroads. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "railroad": nonrailroad. (additional references) | |
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"Railroad" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: railride, Railtrak, raolroad. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "railroad" (pronounced rā"lrō'd) |
| 3 | -r ō' d | borrowed, crossroad, inroad. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-l-o-r-r" | |
-2 letters: alodia, radial. | |
-3 letters: ardor, aroid, drail, laari, laird, liard, lidar, radar, radio. | |
-4 letters: alar, aria, arid, aril, dial, diol, dirl, dorr, idol, laid, lair, lard, lari, liar, lido, lira, load, lord, orad, oral, orra, raia, raid, rail, rial, road, roar, roil. | |
-5 letters: aal, ado, aid, ail, air, ala, dal, dol, dor, lad, lar, lid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-l-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: railroads. | |
+2 letters: railroaded, railroader. | |
+3 letters: advertorial, boardsailor, grandiflora, labradorite, nonrailroad, radiolarian, railroaders, railroading. | |
+4 letters: achlorhydria, advertorials, bardolatries, boardsailors, grandiflorae, grandifloras, labradorites, noradrenalin, radiolarians, railroadings. | |
+5 letters: achlorhydrias, noradrenaline, noradrenalins, particleboard, synarthrodial. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Cities | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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