rail

/reɪl/ noun

Definition

FOR HANGING [C] UK › a horizontal bar on the wall that you hang things on: a curtain rail

FOR SUPPORTING [C] › a bar around or along something which you can hold to stop you from falling: a hand rail

TRAIN SYSTEM [U] › trains as a method of transport: rail travel a rail link They sent the shipment by rail.

TRAIN [C] › the metal tracks that trains run on → See also towel rail

(Definition of rail noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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