railroad


Definition: Meaning of, railroad in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈreɪlrəʊd /

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Singular Plural
railroad railroads
[countable] [American English]
  1. a railway or the railway
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
railroad railroaded railroaded
Present Participle Third Person Singular
railroading railroads
[transitive]
  1. to force or persuade someone do something without giving them enough time to think about it
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railroad used in phrases

  • Underground Railroad (noun)
    1. secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War
  • Underground Railroad, the
    1. a group of people in the US who illegally helped SLAVE s to become free by helping them to escape to the northern US and Canada, in the period before the CIVIL WAR . One of its best-known members was Harriet TUBMAN .
  • elevated railroad (noun)
    1. a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
  • railroad bed (noun)
    1. a bed on which railroad track is laid
  • railroad car (noun)
    1. a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
  • railroad crossing (noun)
    1. a LEVEL CROSSING
  • railroad engineer (noun)
    1. the operator of a railway locomotive
  • railroad flat (noun)
    1. an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them
  • railroad junction (noun)
    1. a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross
  • railroad line (noun)
    1. system of transportation using trains to pull passengers or freight
    2. the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
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railroad used in phrasal verbs

  • railroad through (phrasal verb)
    1. railroad something through if someone with power or influence railroads something through, they make someone else accept it, although they do not really want to
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