"railroad track" meaning in English

See railroad track in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: railroad tracks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} railroad track (plural railroad tracks)
  1. (rail transport, US) A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which flange-wheeled railroad vehicles may travel. Wikipedia link: Track (rail transport) Tags: US Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: railway track, rail track, railtrack, train track Translations (track for trains): 火車道 (Chinese Mandarin), 火车道 (huǒchēdào) (Chinese Mandarin), rata (Finnish), junarata (Finnish), rautatie (Finnish), rautatiekiskot (Finnish), ratakiskot (Finnish), voie ferrée [feminine] (French), Bahnstrecke [feminine] (German), Eisenbahnstrecke [feminine] (German), 鉄道線路 (tetsudō senro) (alt: てつどうせんろ) (Japanese), 軌道 (kidō) (alt: きどう) (Japanese), пруга (pruga) [feminine] (Macedonian), ara tereina (Maori), Bon [feminine] (Plautdietsch), tory kolejowe [masculine, plural] (Polish), cale ferată [feminine] (Romanian), железнодоро́жный путь (železnodoróžnyj putʹ) [masculine] (Russian), железнодоро́жное полотно́ (železnodoróžnoje polotnó) [neuter] (Russian), vía del ferrocarril [feminine] (Spanish), raíl [masculine] (Spanish), rail [masculine] (Spanish), ferrocarril [masculine] (Spanish), vía férrea [feminine] (Spanish), línea férrea [feminine] (Spanish), järnvägsspår [neuter] (Swedish)

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