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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
rail·road       [reyl-rohd] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
2.an entire system of such roads together with its rolling stock, buildings, etc.; the entire railway plant, including fixed and movable property.
3.the company of persons owning or operating such a plant.
4.Bowling. a split.
5.railroads, stocks or bonds of railroad companies.
–verb (used with object)
6.to transport by means of a railroad.
7.to supply with railroads.
8.Informal. to push (a law or bill) hastily through a legislature so that there is not time enough for objections to be considered.
9.Informal. to convict (a person) in a hasty manner by means of false charges or insufficient evidence: The prisoner insisted he had been railroaded.
–verb (used without object)
10.to work on a railroad.
[Origin: 1750–60; 1875–85 for def. 9; rail1 + road]
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rail·road       (rāl'rōd')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A road composed of parallel steel rails supported by ties and providing a track for locomotive-drawn trains or other wheeled vehicles.
  2. A system of railroad track, together with the land, stations, rolling stock, and other related property under one management.

v.   rail·road·ed, rail·road·ing, rail·roads

v.   tr.
  1. To transport by railroad.
  2. To supply (an area) with railroads.
  3. Informal
    1. To rush or push (something) through quickly in order to prevent careful consideration and possible criticism or obstruction: railroad a special-interest bill through Congress.
    2. To convict (an accused person) without a fair trial or on trumped-up charges.

v.   intr.
To work for a railroad company.

rail'road'er n.
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