Thesaurus results for RAILS

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noun

plural of rail

as in railings

a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports the stairs are icy, so hold onto the rail

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as in roads

a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel an abandoned stretch of rail that was overgrown with brush

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rails

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rail

as in rants

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Recent Examples of rails

Noun

The bathrooms are large and bright with wide vanities stocked with Diptyque toiletry products in pump bottles and towels hanging on heated rails. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 Chinese laborer contributions Laying the rails required grueling and arduous manual work, and much of it was done by Chinese laborers. — Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 John Whitney/NurPhoto via Getty Images The locomotive first rode the rails in the 1940s until its retirement in 1961. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 29 July 2026 Every day, treasury teams forecast positions, chase float and time movements around the limits of legacy rails. — Brett Turner, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The butter yellow guard rails, ladder, and shelves add warmth to a space while the natural wood frame grounds the design. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026 In place of a single bench, individual captain's seats mount directly to the floor rails so each one can reposition and remove independently. — New Atlas, 24 July 2026 That went off the rails early, however, with the team losing Slater to a season-ending injury in training camp and Alt soon after the season started. — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 Their ability to absorb the energy of colliding cars—forcing rails to curl up, rather than spear—is the result of decades of clever engineering. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rails

Noun

On a recent afternoon, two technicians in heat-resistant hazmat suits were operating an apparatus of cylinders, tubes, funnels and control panels set up on a platform with bright yellow railings.

— Didi Tang, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
Ornate Scrolls Made popular in the early 2000s, even homes with simpler staircases often had ornate scroll details on their bannisters and railings.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 30 July 2026

Definition of railings

Noun

That’s also the figure governments across South Florida rely on when adapting infrastructure like roads, or planning new ones.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Several of the roads were constructed with pedestrians in mind first, envisioning the fan march from the Landing to CPKC Stadium on match days.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of roads

Verb

And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.

— Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025

Definition of rants

Noun

Every major era of economic expansion has demanded its own capital architecture, from railroads to fiber optics.

— Jim Zelter, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Settlers moving westward displaced existing Native communities and the railroads often sold Native land granted to them by the federal government.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of railroads

Noun

Railway police officers prevent theft and trespassing on railroad properties, promote rail safety and investigate crimes committed on the railways, according to the statement.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
In recent days, the US has expanded its targets beyond Iranian coastal sites housing radar and drone facilities to include roads, tunnels, railways, port infrastructure and, according to Iranian media, a desalination plant.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 20 July 2026