What is another word for rails?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈe͡ɪlz] (IPA)

Rails, often referred to as the track on which trains run, can also be described using a variety of other words. Some common synonyms for rails include tracks, train tracks, railway lines, tramlines, and permanent way. These terms are often used interchangeably and describe the metal rails that trains or trams ride on. Other words used to describe rails include steel road, iron road, and train route. In addition to this, there are also regional terms used such as "rails" in the US, "rails tracks" in Australia, and "iron way" in India. Regardless of the terminology used, rails are crucial to the functioning of trains and trams.

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What are the hypernyms for Rails?

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Usage examples for Rails

I left my horse in charge of one I thought I might trust, and then took a train and rode over the new rails clean through to San Francisco, and there I groveled around a day or two, taking in the ways of men.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
The Wave Shaft Arms are designed so that the Ring rails can be easily leveled by means of adjusting screws.
"Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery"
Howard & Bullough American Machine Company, Ltd.
This time he did not seem able to get up again, and it was fortunate that, when he flung the split fence down, the crash made by the falling rails rang far through the silence of the woods.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

Famous quotes with Rails

  • And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going.
    Bruce Catton
  • In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
    Dana Rohrabacher
  • Our budget works to reduce and eliminate the risk of attacks at our ports, rails, in the skies, our food supply and roads by allowing for increases in many of the programs and agencies to help protect these important areas of commerce and travel.
    Jim Ryun
  • Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book.
    J. Michael Straczynski
  • That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.
    John Webster

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