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SUBWAY SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subway system mean?
• SUBWAY SYSTEM (noun)
The noun SUBWAY SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
Familiarity information: SUBWAY SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
metro; subway; subway system; tube; underground
Context example:
in Paris the subway system is called the 'metro' and in London it is called the 'tube' or the 'underground'
Hypernyms ("subway system" is a kind of...):
railroad; railroad line; railway; railway line; railway system (line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight)
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