railway

«railway» in Mova's school dictionary: a track made of metal rails for trains to run on — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a railway, railways)

meaning for a pupil

1) A railway is a track made of metal rails for trains to run on. tree →

2) A railway is also the whole system of trains, tracks and stations, and the company that runs it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons railways changed travel and trade in the 1800s; in safety lessons you never play on or near railway lines and only cross at proper crossings. Phrases: «railway station», «railway line», «railway crossing», «model railway».

examples

• We walked to the railway station. tree →
• Never play on the railway line. tree →
• The railway runs along the coast. tree →
• My grandad has a model railway in the attic. tree →
• Wait at the railway crossing until the barrier goes up. tree →
• The first railways were built in Britain. tree →
• The railway bridge goes over the river. tree →
• It was a long journey at that time, for the railway had not been opened. tree →

note

Countable. Railway (UK, Australia) = railroad (US). Safety: trains are fast and quiet and cannot stop quickly; some railway lines carry electricity that can kill. Use bridges and crossings only.

In the corpora

• Think of a toy train set next to a real railway.
• If something falls onto the railway tracks, you never climb down; you tell a member of staff.
• Trains cannot stop quickly, and railway lines may be electrified, so you never play on or near them.
• Electricity from overhead railway wires can jump to you, so you never climb on anything near them.
• Electricity from overhead railway wires can jump through the air to a person nearby without them touching the wire.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «railway» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.