| word | rail |
|---|---|
| definition | noun A rail is a horizontal bar attached to posts or fixed round the edge of something as a fence or support. They had to walk across an emergency footbridge, holding onto a rope that served as a rail. She gripped the thin rail in the lift. A rail is a horizontal bar that you hang things on. ...frocks hanging from a rail. This pair of curtains will fit a rail up to 7ft 6in wide. Rails are the steel bars which trains run on. The train left the rails but somehow forced its way back onto the line. If you travel or send something by rail, you travel or send it on a train. The president traveled by rail to his home town. ...the electric rail link between Manchester and Sheffield. verb If you rail against something, you criticize it loudly and angrily. He railed against hypocrisy and greed. I'd cursed him and railed at him. |
| inflections | railsrailingrailed |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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