Subway

Quick meaning: Subway is a noun meaning (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.

Meaning

(Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.

More Meanings

1. (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.
2. (Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
3. (British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
4. An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
5. An underground route for creatures (e.g. bats).
6. (intransitive, US, informal) To travel by underground railway.

Example Sentences

He is going to Westminster by subway.

Just before you leave, the subway comes. You get on. It stops at the next station.

I suppose I could have subwayed around town in search of froufrou French pastry shops.

Heading beneath the tracks via the subway to the immediate north of the station takes us to the Didcot Railway Centre.

Word Forms

• subways
• subwaying
• subwayed

Synonyms for subway

Depending on context, synonyms include metro, tube, underground, underpass.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include metro, underpass, underground, tube, railway, tram.

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