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noun
A commuter rail system that combines aspects of an interurban railway with those of a subway, using a menagerie of pathways such as viaduct, tunnel, beam, cut and cover, trench, at grade, and others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mass rapid transit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: public transit
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Across languages
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