FUNICULAR RAILWAY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cable railway; funicular; funicular railway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("funicular 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 "funicular railway"):

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

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