"flangeway" meaning in English

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “type of railway”",
      "word": "edgeway"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "flange + way",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flangeways",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "flangeway (plural flangeways)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rail transportation",
          "orig": "en:Rail transportation",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
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            "Fundamental"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels."
      ],
      "id": "en-flangeway-en-noun-WV8zGoWf",
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
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        ],
        [
          "flanged",
          "flanged"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport, historical) An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "sense": "space for rail wheel flange",
          "word": "flange rail"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1895, Tables and Diagrams of Switches and Crossings: A Handy Platelayer's Guide, 3rd edition, Bemrose and Sons, Flangeway clearance, page 22",
          "text": "The factors in determining the width of flangeways between check rails and the main rail are the thickness of the wheel flange and the clearance allowed […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 178",
          "text": "The use of a high-temperature gas torch for melting the ice out of the check-rail flangeways, was found to be effective, although somewhat tedious; neglect of this precaution may cause derailment, [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, United States Department of the Army, Maintenance of Trackage, United States Department of Defense, Chapter 3 Track Structure Elements, Section 3–31. Turnouts and Crossovers, Paragraph 3.31.7.4, pages 3–35",
          "text": "Insure that ample flangeway is available between the open point of switch and the stock rail; this is controlled by flange width of crane wheels using the track system",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Jeff Wilson, “Track basics”, in Basic Trackwork for Model Railroaders: The Complete Photo Guide, Kalmbach Publishing, NMRA Standards Gauge, page 14",
          "text": "Available at most hobby shops, this tool allows you to check track gauge, flangeway spacing and width, and many other dimensions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass."
      ],
      "id": "en-flangeway-en-noun-OfCZK6bF",
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          "flange",
          "flange"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rail transport) The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "sense": "space for rail wheel flange",
          "word": "groove"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflændʒ.weɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flangeway"
}

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “type of railway”",
      "word": "edgeway"
    }
  ],
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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "sense": "space for rail wheel flange",
      "word": "flange rail"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "flange",
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      "expansion": "flange + way",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "flange + way",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flangeways",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "flangeway (plural flangeways)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "en:Rail transportation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels."
      ],
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        [
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          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "flanged",
          "flanged"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rail transport, historical) An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "en:Rail transportation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1895, Tables and Diagrams of Switches and Crossings: A Handy Platelayer's Guide, 3rd edition, Bemrose and Sons, Flangeway clearance, page 22",
          "text": "The factors in determining the width of flangeways between check rails and the main rail are the thickness of the wheel flange and the clearance allowed […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 178",
          "text": "The use of a high-temperature gas torch for melting the ice out of the check-rail flangeways, was found to be effective, although somewhat tedious; neglect of this precaution may cause derailment, [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, United States Department of the Army, Maintenance of Trackage, United States Department of Defense, Chapter 3 Track Structure Elements, Section 3–31. Turnouts and Crossovers, Paragraph 3.31.7.4, pages 3–35",
          "text": "Insure that ample flangeway is available between the open point of switch and the stock rail; this is controlled by flange width of crane wheels using the track system",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Jeff Wilson, “Track basics”, in Basic Trackwork for Model Railroaders: The Complete Photo Guide, Kalmbach Publishing, NMRA Standards Gauge, page 14",
          "text": "Available at most hobby shops, this tool allows you to check track gauge, flangeway spacing and width, and many other dimensions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "flange",
          "flange"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport) The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflændʒ.weɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "space for rail wheel flange",
      "word": "groove"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flangeway"
}