English Dictionary |
TELFERAGE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does telferage mean?
• TELFERAGE (noun)
The noun TELFERAGE has 1 sense:
1. a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity
Familiarity information: TELFERAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
telferage; telpherage
Hypernyms ("telferage" is a kind of...):
transit; transportation; transportation system (a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods)
Meronyms (parts of "telferage"):
telfer; telpher (one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"The drunk ones will sober up, but the mad ones will not clever up" (Breton proverb)
"A mountain won't get to a mountain, but a human will get to a human." (Armenian proverb)
"Gentle doctors cause smelly wounds." (Dutch proverb)