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track⋅way

[trak-wey]
–noun
1. railway (def. 3).
2. a path or roadway; track.

Origin:
1810–20; track + way 1

rail⋅way

[reyl-wey]
–noun
1. a rail line with lighter-weight equipment and roadbed than a main-line railroad.
2. a railroad, esp. one operating over relatively short distances.
3. Also called trackway. any line or lines of rails forming a road of flanged-wheel equipment.
4. Chiefly British. railroad.

Origin:
1770–80; rail 1 + way 1


railwayed, adjective
railwayless, adjective
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