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Subway   /sˈəbwˌeɪ/   Listen
Subway

noun
1.
An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).  Synonyms: metro, subway system, tube, underground.
2.
An underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway.  Synonym: underpass.



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"Subway" Quotes from Famous Books



... a cow-town station, without baggage or definite itinerary, was unconventional, to say the least. Bartley was amused and interested. Hitherto he had written more or less conventional stuff—acceptable stories of the subway, the slums, the docks, and the streets of Eastern cities. But now, as he strode over to the saloon, he forgot that he was a writer of stories. A boyish longing possessed him to see much of the life roundabout, even to the farthest, faint ...
— Partners of Chance • Henry Herbert Knibbs



Words linked to "Subway" :   railroad line, railroad, railway, railway line, tunnel, subway fare, railway system



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