subway

IPA: sˈʌbweɪ

noun

  • (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
  • (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.
  • (Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
  • (Britain) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
  • An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.

verb

  • (intransitive, US, informal) To travel by underground railway.
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Examples of "subway" in Sentences

  • A subway is slower than a train.
  • Most people in the area take the subway.
  • The Carmelit is the only subway in Israel.
  • The subway station platform is in the foreground.
  • There are several rovers near the subway station.
  • Subway voyeur was sentenced to one year in prison.
  • The LA subway is the most notable example of this.
  • The Common Tunnel is the bottleneck of the subway system.
  • The cost of operating a subway is virtually ZERO off peak.
  • Escalator service is available from the subway level to the surface.
  • In the meantime, Moon Knight takes the fight to a speeding subway train.
  • Access to the platforms was by a path and subway from the booking office.
  • But combating the pests in the subway is important because of the potential danger, he said.
  • So on le train which is what I call the subway when I'm in a bad mood, I ask him if we need to stop for lunch.
  • Further, we hold that preventing a terrorist attack on the subway is a "special" need within the meaning of the doctrine.
  • Hair preening in the subway is a combination of actions from the list below that most irritates me, this list being from goo Ranking looking at what actions make one think you might be a narcissist, for both women and men.
  • The argument against safely tunneling under Beverly Hills for the subway is as illogical as saying we should not power our homes with natural gas because of the one in a million disaster that occurred recently in San Bruno.

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