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    CABLE RAILWAY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending carsplay

    Synonyms:

    cable railway; funicular; funicular railway

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("cable railway" is a kind of...):

    railroad; railroad line; railway; railway line; railway system (line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight)

    Meronyms (parts of "cable railway"):

    cable car; car (a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway)

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