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  • 21Cable railway — Railroad Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on …

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  • 22Underground railroad — Railroad Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on …

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  • 23Underground railway — Railroad Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24Cable (comics) — For other uses, see Cable (disambiguation). Cable Cover of Cable vol. 2, #1 (March 2008). Art by Ariel Olivetti. Publication information …

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  • 25Underground City (Beijing) — Entrance of the Underground City at Xidamochang Jie The Underground City (Chinese: 地下城; pinyin: Dìxià Chéng), also known as Dixia Cheng, is a bomb shelter comprising a network of tunnels located beneath Beijing, China, wh …

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  • 26underground — Synonyms and related words: Amtrak, Charley, L, Trojan horse, VC, Vietcong, abstruse, agreement to disagree, alienated, alienation, alternative, antiestablishment, apostasy, at odds with, at rest, at variance with, avant garde, back door, back… …

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  • 27underground — 01. Foxes usually build their homes [underground], often at the base of a tree. 02. The government is losing more and more money in taxes each year due to the increase in the [underground] economy. 03. We were digging in our backyard, and… …

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  • 28Cable railway — A cable railway (also known as an incline or inclined plane) is a steeply graded railway that uses a cable or rope to haul trains. IntroductionCable railways are typically built where the gradient of the route is so steep that a conventional rail …

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  • 29underground — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (BrE) ⇨ See also ↑subway VERB + UNDERGROUND ▪ go by, go on, take, travel by, travel on ▪ We went by underground. ▪ …

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  • 30cable railway — noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars • Syn: ↑funicular, ↑funicular railway • Derivationally related forms: ↑funicular (for: ↑funicular) • …

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