railroad Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
railway line; railway; railroad line; railway system.
noun a line of track providing a runway for wheels
railroad track; railway.
- he walked along the railroad track
verb compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
dragoon; sandbag.
- They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
verb supply with railroad lines
- railroad the West
verb transport by railroad

A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure. ✍ The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of the older tramway.
The road, track, etc., with al the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver. ✍ Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the commoner word in the United States. ✍ In the following and similar phrases railroad and railway are used interchangeably: --