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noun
- 1. a bar or series of bars, typically fixed on upright supports, serving as part of a fence or barrier or used to hang things on: "a curtain rail"
- 2. a steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on the ground as one of a pair forming a railroad track: "trolley rails"
verb
- 1. provide or enclose (a space or place) with a rail or rails: "the altar is railed off from the nave"
- 2. (in windsurfing) sail the board on its edge, so that it is at a sharp angle to the surface of the water: "the more you pull down on the boom, the more you rail"
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rail / reɪl / n. a horizontal bar of wood, metal, etc, supported by vertical posts, functioning as a fence, barrier, handrail, etc; a horizontal bar fixed to a wall on which to hang things: a picture rail; a horizontal framing member in a door or piece of panelling Compare stile 2; short for railing
: a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier. b. : a structural member or support. 2. a. : railing sense 1. b. : a light structure serving as a guard at the outer edge of a ship's deck. c. : a fence bounding a racetrack. 3. a. : a bar of rolled steel forming a track for wheeled vehicles. b. : track. c.
Definition of rail noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. [ reyl ] show ipa. See synonyms for rail on Thesaurus.com. noun. a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing. a fence; railing. one of two fences marking the inside and outside boundaries of a racetrack.
Definitions. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. noun A bar extending horizontally between supports, as in a fence. noun A structure made of such bars and supports and forming a barrier or guard; a railing. noun A steel bar used, usually in pairs, as a track for railroad cars or other wheeled vehicles.
6 days ago · rails. /reɪl/ IPA guide. Definitions of rails. noun. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. synonyms: rail, runway, track. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Rails." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/rails.
