Webster's English Dictionary

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railroad

1. rail.road \'ra-(*)l-.ro-d\ n : a permanent road having a line of rails 
   fixed to ties and laid on a road bed and providing a track for rolling 
   stock drawn by locomotives or propelled by self-contained motors; also : 
   such a road and its asserts constituting a single property
2. railroad vt 1: to transport by railroad  2a: to push through hastily or 
   without due consideration  2b: to convict with undue haste and by means of 
   false charges or insuffici ent evidence : to work for a railroad company  - 
   rail.road.er n