"subway-surface" meaning in English

See subway-surface in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌsʌb.weɪ̯ ˈsɝːfɨs/, [ˌsəb.wej ˈsɚ.fɪs] [General-American], [ˌsʌb.wej ˈsɝː.fɨs] [Received-Pronunciation], [ˌsʌb.we̞j ˈsəː.fəs] [British, Southern, Standard], [ˌsab.wej ˈsɜ.fɐs] (note: Ghanaian) Forms: subway-surfaces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} subway-surface (plural subway-surfaces)
  1. (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 Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (streetcar line or network with a rapid transit-style city center tunnel): prémétro (French), Stadtbahn (German)
    Sense id: en-subway-surface-en-noun-mrOJaFQy Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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