HyperDic: cable_railway

English > 1 sense of the expression cable railway:
NOUNartifactcable railway, funicular, funicular railwaya railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
English > cable railway: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars.
Synonymsfunicular, funicular railway
Partscable car, carA conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
Broaderrailway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway systemline that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
Spanishfunicular
Catalanfunicular

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