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RAILROADING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does railroading mean?
• RAILROADING (noun)
The noun RAILROADING has 1 sense:
1. the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads
Familiarity information: RAILROADING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
rail technology; railroading
Hypernyms ("railroading" is a kind of...):
technology (the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railroading"):
maglev; magnetic levitation (high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction)
Derivation:
railroad (transport by railroad)
railroad (supply with railroad lines)
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