Rails (Noun)
Meaning
A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The old train rattled along the rusty rails as it made its way to the final station on the route.
- The locomotive was designed to fit standard rails common to most train tracks of the time.
- Her voice echoed as she stood on the rails of the overpass watching the cars rush by below.
- The freight train got stuck on a damaged section of rails and had to wait for repair crews to arrive.
- Railway workers labored intensively to replace the worn-out rails before the peak travel season began.