Subway Definition

sŭbwā
subways
noun
subways
An underground urban railroad, usually operated by electricity.
American Heritage
An underground way or passage.
Webster's New World
An underpass for pedestrians.
Webster's New World
An underground, metropolitan electric railway or the tunnel through which it runs.
Webster's New World
(US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way.
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verb
(intransitive, US, informal) To travel by underground railway.
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Other Word Forms of Subway

Noun

Singular:
subway
Plural:
subways

Origin of Subway

  • sub- (“under") + way

    From Wiktionary

Subway Sentence Examples

  • Then you'd get on the bus or subway and go to the polling place and vote.

  • The subway was built by the city, but leased and operated by a private company on such terms as to repay its cost in forty years.

  • A pedestrian subway under the road also still exists.

  • These were linked by a subway from the outset.

  • One of the great public works of Boston is its subway for electric trams, about 3 m.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUB

Words Ending With

YAYWAY

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Words Starting With S and Ending With Y

Starts With S & Ends With YStarts With SU & Ends With YStarts With S & Ends With AY

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With Y