RAILROAD BED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does railroad bed mean? 

• RAILROAD BED (noun)
  The noun RAILROAD BED has 1 sense:

1. a bed on which railroad track is laid

  Familiarity information: RAILROAD BED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAILROAD BED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bed on which railroad track is laid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("railroad bed" is a kind of...):

bed (a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track)

Holonyms ("railroad bed" is a part of...):

line; rail line; railway line (the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed)