rail - use in sentences
Converse of object
- hang: Inside each is a full height hanging rail at the top.
- electrify: There is the additional hazard of the electrified third rail on the Merseyrail Electrics network and of overhead power lines.
Adjective modifier
- heated: Newly fitted large walk-in shower, heated towel rail, wash hand basin, WC.
- high-speed: Only one air route ( Gatwick - Glasgow ) has a similar noise burden to high-speed rail.
- mainline: By mainline rail: Westminster Central Hall is within easy walking distance of Victoria, Charing Cross and Waterloo mainline stations.
- stern: He seized a boathook and hobbled down the deck toward Quilter, who grimaced at him from his handhold on the stern rail.
Modifies a noun
- freight: Rail freight has grown by more than 50 % .
- network: There would be a shift from money being spent on road building to money being spent on the rail network.
- fare: Meanwhile, regulated rail fares are to rise by RPI plus 1 per cent for at least the next three years.
- station: The Main line rail station is only 300 yards away.
- franchise: Proposal: A two - year extension of the Central Trains passenger rail franchise was made on 8 July 2003.
- passenger: Rail passengers travel twenty five billion miles every year.
Noun used with modifier
- towel: Newly fitted large walk-in shower, heated towel rail, wash hand basin, WC.
- dado: This paint effect divides the wall at dado rail height.
- grab: Am I eligible for lever taps, lowering a cistern or having a grab rail of some sort fitted in my home?
- commuter: The US still has many busy and expanding commuter rail networks around major cities, and enormous amounts of long-distance bulk rail freight.
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