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 Definitions for metro: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Subway \Sub"way`\, n.
1. An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under
a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph
wires, etc., are conducted.
[1913 Webster]
2. An underground railroad, usually having trains powered by
electricity provided by an electric line running through
the underground tunnel. It is usually confined to the
center portion of cities; -- called also tube, and in
Britain, underground. In certain other countries (as in
France or Russia) it is called the metro.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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metro
n : electric underground railway [syn: subway, tube, underground]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "metro":
Amtrak, L, baggage train, branch, cable railroad, cable railway,
choo-choo, cog railroad, cog railway, el, electric,
electric railway, electric train, elevated, elevated railway,
embankment, express, express train, feeder, feeder line, flier,
freight, freight train, freighter, funicular, goods train,
gravity-operated railway, horse railway, interurban, junction,
light railroad, lightning express, limited, line, local, main line,
milk train, monorail, parliamentary, parliamentary train,
passenger train, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railroad,
rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railroad train,
railway, rattler, roadbed, roadway, rolling stock, shuttle,
shuttle train, sidetrack, siding, special, streamliner,
street railway, streetcar line, subway, switchback, terminal,
terminus, track, train, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line,
trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground, way train
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