"railway line" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: railway lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} railway line (plural railway lines)
  1. (chiefly UK) A railway track; a pair of rails on which a railway train runs. Tags: UK Translations (stretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway): jernbanelinje [common-gender] (Danish), togforbindelse [common-gender] (Danish), spoorlijn [feminine] (Dutch), spoorweglijn [feminine] (Dutch), raudteeliin (Estonian), ligne de chemin de fer [feminine] (French), Eisenbahnlinie [feminine] (German), vasútvonal (Hungarian), linea ferroviaria [feminine] (Italian), jernbanelinje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), jarnbanelinje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), jernbanelinje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), linia kolejowa [feminine] (Polish), trilho (Portuguese), linha do trem (Portuguese), linha de trem (Portuguese), linha ferroviária (Portuguese), järnvägslinje [common-gender] (Swedish), залізни́чна лі́нія (zaliznýčna línija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-railway_line-en-noun-w53jOyVo Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 33 12 Disambiguation of 'stretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway': 55 31 14
  2. (chiefly UK) A group of railway tracks running parallel, allowing one track to be used for each direction (a double-track railway line), or allowing segregation of fast trains from stopping trains (a four-track railway line). Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-railway_line-en-noun-F3sBd4Wr Categories (other): British English
  3. (chiefly UK) An organization that runs a railroad. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-railway_line-en-noun-6sN3s~fx Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (all senses): railroad line [US]
Disambiguation of 'all senses': 36 34 30

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for railway line meaning in All languages combined (5.7kB)

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