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An area on a road where a train crosses.
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railroad crossing
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railroad crossing — UK US noun [countable] [singular railroad crossing plural railroad crossings] american a level crossing Thesaurus: road and traffic signals and crossingshyponym * * * … Useful english dictionary
railroad crossing — railroad .crossing n AmE a ↑level crossing … Dictionary of contemporary English
railroad crossing — railroad ,crossing noun count AMERICAN a place where a road crosses a railroad and gates are used to stop cars when a train is coming … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
railroad crossing — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms railroad crossing : singular railroad crossing plural railroad crossings American a level crossing … English dictionary
railroad crossing — In the most common usage, the crossing of a highway or street over, under, or above a railroad. In one sense, the intersection of one railroad by another. See farm crossing; grade crossing; intersection; overhead crossing … Ballentine's law dictionary
railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… … Universalium
crossing sign — A sign erected and maintained by a railroad company to warn travelers on the highway that they are approaching a railroad crossing. 44 Am J1st RR § 399 … Ballentine's law dictionary
crossing — The act of going over something, e. g., the Atlantic Ocean or the State of Iowa; a way for a pedestrian across a street or highway; the intersection of two ways. See farm crossing; grade crossing; intersection; railroad crossing … Ballentine's law dictionary
railroad — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. railway; main or trunk line, spur; model railroad; tramline, tramway, trolley or streetcar line, street railway, subway. See transportation. v., informal, rush or push through, expedite; slang, frame … English dictionary for students
crossing — [krôs′iŋ] n. [see CROSS] 1. the act of passing across, thwarting, interbreeding, etc. 2. an intersection, as of railroad lines or streets 3. a place where a railroad line, street, river, etc. may be crossed … English World dictionary
