Metro

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subway \Sub"way`\, n.
     1. An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under
        a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph
        wires, etc., are conducted.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. An underground railroad, usually having trains powered by
        electricity provided by an electric line running through
        the underground tunnel. It is usually confined to the
        center portion of cities; -- called also {tube}, and in
        Britain, {underground}. In certain other countries (as in
        France or Russia) it is called the {metro}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  metro
       n : electric underground railway [syn: {subway}, {tube}, {underground}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "metro":
     Amtrak, L, baggage train, branch, cable railroad, cable railway,
     choo-choo, cog railroad, cog railway, el, electric,
     electric railway, electric train, elevated, elevated railway,
     embankment, express, express train, feeder, feeder line, flier,
     freight, freight train, freighter, funicular, goods train,
     gravity-operated railway, horse railway, interurban, junction,
     light railroad, lightning express, limited, line, local, main line,
     milk train, monorail, parliamentary, parliamentary train,
     passenger train, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railroad,
     rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railroad train,
     railway, rattler, roadbed, roadway, rolling stock, shuttle,
     shuttle train, sidetrack, siding, special, streamliner,
     street railway, streetcar line, subway, switchback, terminal,
     terminus, track, train, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line,
     trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground, way train