noun
1 bar
ADJECTIVE
▪ guard , safety
▪ curtain , picture , towel (all esp. BrE )
▪
heated towel ~s
▪ altar , balcony , banister , porch ( esp. AmE ), stair
▪ bottom , top
▪
She climbed onto the top fence ~.
▪ steel , wooden , etc.
VERB + RAIL
▪ grab , grasp , grip , hold on to , lean on
▪
She held tightly on to the ~.
▪ hang from
▪
Lace curtains hung from the brass ~s over the bed.
▪ fit , fix
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
She sat on the ~.
▪ over a/the ~
▪
He folded the towel over the ~.
2 ( usually rails ) tracks
VERB + RAIL
▪ run along ~s , run on ~s
▪
Trams run along ~s.
PREPOSITION
▪ along (the) ~s
▪
The train thundered along the ~s.
▪ between the ~
▪
Weeds grew between the ~s.
▪ on (the) ~s
▪
The gun is mounted on ~s.
PHRASES
▪ come off the ~s , go off the ~s
▪
The train came off the ~s.
▪
She was worried her son was going to go completely off the ~s. ( figurative )
▪ ride the ~s (= travel around by train) ( AmE )
3 system of trains
ADJECTIVE
▪ high-speed , light
▪
Many business people now opt for high-speed ~ rather than flying.
▪ commuter , freight , passenger (all esp. AmE )
▪
He uses a combination of commuter ~ and subway to get to work.
RAIL + NOUN
▪ fare , ticket (both esp. BrE )
▪ network , system
▪
efforts to modernize the ~ network
▪ route
▪ timetable ( esp. BrE )
▪ service
▪ connection , link
▪
the Channel Tunnel ~ link
▪ line , track
▪ journey ( esp. BrE ), trip
▪ station , terminal
▪ car ( esp. AmE )
▪ commuter , passenger , traveller/traveler , user (all esp. BrE )
▪ transit ( AmE ), transport ( esp. BrE ), transportation ( esp. AmE ), travel
▪ traffic
▪ freight
▪ bridge
▪ accident , crash , disaster (all esp. BrE )
▪ staff ( BrE ), worker
▪ union ( BrE )
▪ enthusiast ( BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
We went from Paris to Budapest by ~.