subway
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'
Types & categories
- railway line hypernym
Sense 2 noun
an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway
Types & categories
- tunnel hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | railway line |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tunnel |