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 Definitions of subway  [ˈsʌbˌweɪ]  

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Definition of 'subway' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) subway
an underground electric railroad, usu. in a large city.

2.  subway
Chiefly Brit. a short tunnel or underground passageway; underpass.

Etymology:  (1820–30)

Definition of 'subway' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) metro, tube, underground, subway system, subway
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
"in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"

2. (noun) underpass, subway
an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway


Definition of 'subway' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) subway
an underground railroad
Does the city have a subway?

2.  subway
an underpass


Definition of 'subway' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) subway
an underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted


Translation of 'subway' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an underground passage eg for pedestrians, under a busy road
Cross by the subway.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: duikweg Arabic flag Arabic: نَفَق، مَمَر تَحْت الأرْض Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: подлез
Brazilian flag Brazilian: passagem subterrânea Czech flag Czech: podchod German flag German: die Unterführung
Danish flag Danish: fodgængertunnel Greek flag Greek: υπόγεια διάβαση Spanish flag Spanish: paso subterráneo
Estonian flag Estonian: tunnel Farsi flag Farsi: زيرگذر Finnish flag Finnish: alikulkukäytävä
French flag French: passage souterrain Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַעֲבָר תַת קַרקָעִי Hindi flag Hindi: सुरंगपथ
Croatian flag Croatian: podzemni hodnik, prolaz Hungarian flag Hungarian: aluljáró Indonesian flag Indonesian: jalan bawah tanah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: neðanjarðar-/undirgöng Italian flag Italian: sottopassaggio sotterrane Japanese flag Japanese: 地下道
Korean flag Korean: 지하도 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: požeminė perėja Latvian flag Latvian: apakšzemes pāreja
Malay flag Malay: laluan bawah tanah Dutch flag Dutch: voetgangerstunnel Norwegian flag Norwegian: undergang
Polish flag Polish: przejście podziemne Persian flag Persian: زيرگذر Pashto flag Pashto: د ځمکی لاندی لار
Portuguese flag Portuguese: passagem subterrânea Romanian flag Romanian: pasaj subteran Russian flag Russian: подземный переход
Slovak flag Slovak: podchod Slovenian flag Slovenian: podhod Serbian flag Serbian: podzemni prolaz
Swedish flag Swedish: [gång]tunnel Thai flag Thai: อุโมงค์ใต้ดิน Turkish flag Turkish: yeraltı geçidi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 地下過街橫道 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: підземний перехід Urdu flag Urdu: زمین دوز راستہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đường ngầm Chinese flag Chinese: 地下人行道

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