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TELFERAGE

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 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 electricityplay

  Familiarity information: TELFERAGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TELFERAGE (noun)


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)


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