HyperDic: subway_system

English > 1 sense of the expression subway system:
NOUNartifactsubway system, metro, tube, underground, subwayan electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
English > subway system: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAn electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).
Example"in Paris the subway system is called the 'metro' and in London it is called the 'tube' or the 'underground'"
Synonymsmetro, tube, underground, subway
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
Spanishmetrô, metro, metropolitano, subte, tren subterráneo
Catalanmetro, metropolità

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