FUNICULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does funicular mean? 

• FUNICULAR (noun)
  The noun FUNICULAR has 1 sense:

1. a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars

  Familiarity information: FUNICULAR used as a noun is very rare.

• FUNICULAR (adjective)
  The adjective FUNICULAR has 1 sense:

1. relating to or operated by a cable

  Familiarity information: FUNICULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUNICULAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cable railway; funicular; funicular railway

Hypernyms ("funicular" is a kind of...):

railroad; railroad line; railway; railway line; railway system (line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight)

Meronyms (parts of "funicular"):

cable car; car (a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway)

Derivation:

funicular (relating to or operated by a cable)

• FUNICULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or operated by a cable

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

funicular railway

Pertainym:

cable (a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire)

Derivation:

funicular (a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars)