point
noun (RAILWAY) /pɔɪnt/Definition
points [plural] mainly UK (US usually switches) › a place on a railway track where the rails (= metal bars on which the trains travel) can be moved to allow a train to change from one track to another: The train rattled as it went over the points.Railways and railway lines
(Definition of point noun (RAILWAY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Railways & railway lines, but you might be interested in these topics from the Travel topic area:
- Air travel: airports & landing strips
- Air travel: aviation
- Air travel: balloons & parachutes
- Air travel: fixed-wing aircraft & helicopters
- Air travel: parts of aeroplanes
- Air travel: travelling by aircraft
- Air travel: workers on/with aircraft & spacecraft
- Hotels & hostels
- Journeys
- Making bookings & reservations
- On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- On the road: drivers
- On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- On the road: parking
- On the road: petrol stations, garages & repair shops
- On the road: traffic jams
- Railway workers
- Railways: trains & parts of trains
- Space travel
- Tickets
- Tourism & holidays
- Train & bus stations & taxi ranks
- Travellers & visitors
- Travelling
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “point”
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- ballast noun
- barrier noun (FENCE)
- branch line noun
- buffer noun (PROTECTION)
- cable car noun
- cable railway noun
- junction noun
- light railway noun
- line noun (RAILWAY)
- mainline adjective (RAILWAY)
- metro noun (UNDERGROUND RAILWAY)
- narrow-gauge adjective
- railroad tie noun
- rapid-transit adjective
- signal box noun
- signal noun (EQUIPMENT)
- subway noun (RAILWAY)
- track noun (PATH)
- tube noun (TRAIN)
- turntable noun
Topic:
Railways & railway lines
Word of the Day
throw caution to the wind/winds
to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
