THIRD RAIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("third rail" is a kind of...):

rail; rails; runway; track (a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll)

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