"subway-surface" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both."
      ],
      "id": "en-subway-surface-en-noun-mrOJaFQy",
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "streetcar",
          "streetcar"
        ],
        [
          "city center",
          "city center"
        ],
        [
          "subway",
          "subway"
        ],
        [
          "rapid transit",
          "rapid transit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport, US) streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "streetcar line or network with a rapid transit-style city center tunnel",
          "word": "prémétro"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "streetcar line or network with a rapid transit-style city center tunnel",
          "word": "Stadtbahn"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˌsʌb.weɪ̯ ˈsɝːfɨs/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˌsʌb.wej ˈsɝː.fɨs]",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌsʌb.we̞j ˈsəː.fəs]",
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        "British",
        "Southern",
        "Standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌsab.wej ˈsɜ.fɐs]",
      "note": "Ghanaian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subway-surface"
}

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      "form": "subway-surfaces",
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        "en:Rail transportation"
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      "glosses": [
        "streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "streetcar",
          "streetcar"
        ],
        [
          "city center",
          "city center"
        ],
        [
          "subway",
          "subway"
        ],
        [
          "rapid transit",
          "rapid transit"
        ]
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        "(rail transport, US) streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both."
      ],
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        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsʌb.weɪ̯ ˈsɝːfɨs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌsəb.wej ˈsɚ.fɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌsʌb.wej ˈsɝː.fɨs]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌsʌb.we̞j ˈsəː.fəs]",
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "Southern",
        "Standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌsab.wej ˈsɜ.fɐs]",
      "note": "Ghanaian"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "streetcar line or network with a rapid transit-style city center tunnel",
      "word": "prémétro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "streetcar line or network with a rapid transit-style city center tunnel",
      "word": "Stadtbahn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subway-surface"
}