"model railway" meaning in English

See model railway in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: model railways [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} model railway (plural model railways)
  1. (UK) A railway in miniature built as a hobby. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Hobbies Synonyms: model railroad [US] Translations (miniature railway): pienoisrautatie (Finnish), Modelleisenbahn [feminine] (German), modelljernbane [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)

Inflected forms

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