Main Entry: ¹rail·road

Pronunciation: \ˈrāl-ˌrōd, ˈrel-; ˈre-ˌrōd\

Function: noun

Date: 1825

: a permanent road having a line of rails fixed to ties and laid on a roadbed and providing a track for cars or equipment drawn by locomotives or propelled by self-contained motors; also : such a road and its assets constituting a single property