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