grade railroad crossing
1railroad crossing — In the most common usage, the crossing of a highway or street over, under, or above a railroad. In one sense, the intersection of one railroad by another. See farm crossing; grade crossing; intersection; overhead crossing …
2railroad crossing — noun An area on a road where a train crosses. Syn: level crossing, grade crossing …
3railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …
4crossing — The act of going over something, e. g., the Atlantic Ocean or the State of Iowa; a way for a pedestrian across a street or highway; the intersection of two ways. See farm crossing; grade crossing; intersection; railroad crossing …
5grade separation — noun Date: 1935 a highway or railroad crossing using an underpass or overpass …
6Grade crossing — Grade Grade (gr[=a]d), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. {Congress}, {Degree}, {Gradus}.] 1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank;… …
7Grade — (gr[=a]d), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. {Congress}, {Degree}, {Gradus}.] 1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of… …
8grade crossing — grade crossings N COUNT A grade crossing is a place where a railroad track crosses a road at the same level. [AM] (in BRIT, use level crossing) …
9grade crossing — ☆ grade crossing n. the place where a railroad intersects another railroad or a roadway on the same level …
10grade — [grād] n. [Fr < L gradus, a step, degree, rank < gradi, to step, walk < IE base * ghredh , to stride > Goth griths, step] 1. any of the stages in an orderly, systematic progression; step; degree 2. a) a degree or rating in a scale… …
