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Railroad

Alt. of Railway

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Narrower term 10

Broad gauge 76% connected

A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.

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Elevated 76% connected

of Elevate

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Funicular 76% connected

Consisting of a small cord or fiber.

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Gantlet 76% connected

A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.

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Rail 76% connected

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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Siding 76% connected

of Side

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Subway 76% connected

An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted.

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Switch 76% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Tube 76% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Underground 76% connected

The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.

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Broader term 15

Coerce 76% connected

To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Hale 76% connected

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Pressure 76% connected

The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Send 76% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

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Ship 76% connected

Pay; reward.

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Squeeze 76% connected

To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Derivationally related 4

Railroading 74% connected

The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad.

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Railroading 74% connected

The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad.

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Railway 74% connected

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 s…

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Railway 74% connected

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 s…

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Component part 6

Crosstie 70% connected

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Rail 70% connected

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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Runway 70% connected

The channel of a stream.

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Sleeper 70% connected

One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

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Tie 70% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Track 70% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Containing whole 1

Line 70% connected

Flax; linen.

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Synonym 2

Dragoon 92% connected

Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Railway 92% connected

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 s…

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