subway

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (Canada, Scotland, South-Africa, US) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
2. (Canada, Scotland, South-Africa, US) A train that runs on such an underground railway.
3. (Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
4. (British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
5. An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
6. An underground route for creatures (e.g. bats).

Verb

To travel by underground railway.

Sinonieme

underground

metro

🚇

tube

tunnel

underpass

the tube

the tube

the underground

rapid transit

subway system

Metro

🚇

El

the T

underground railway

underground train

belowground

culvert

subterranean

subterraneous

ulterior

chthonic

L

mass rapid transit

underfloor duct

underground passage

MRT

Vertalings

métro

🚇

U-Bahn

metropolitana

metro

Untergrundbahn

metro

μετρό

métropolitain

Metro

🚇

metro

subte

🚇

metrô

مترو

🚇

metrò

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsʌbˌweɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

From sub- + way.

Sinne

But that did not stop Gibbs from his pursuit of an all-steel subway car .