subway

Plural: subways

Noun

• an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
  • "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"
• an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway
• An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
• 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 98
• 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 98: In 1884 Greathead was part of a syndicate that obtained powers for another subway – 'The City of London & Southwark Subway'. The term 'subway' sounded more sophisticated than 'underground railway', which was associated with the sulphurous Metropolitan, and it would be adopted by New York for its own electric metro when work started on that in 1904.
• In 1884 Greathead was part of a syndicate that obtained powers for another subway – 'The City of London & Southwark Subway'. The term 'subway' sounded more sophisticated than 'underground railway', which was associated with the sulphurous Metropolitan, and it would be adopted by New York for its own electric metro when work started on that in 1904.
• A train that runs on such an underground railway.
• A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
• An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
• An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
• An underground route for creatures (e.g. bats).

Verb

Verb Forms: subwayed, subwaying, subways

• To travel by means of an underground railroad system.
• To travel by underground railway.

Examples

• He is going to Westminster by subway.
• She hoped to SUBWAY across the board with a long word, but only had short tiles.

Synonyms

metro, subway system, tube, underground, underpass, Métro, Tube, rapid transit, underground railway

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