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Railroading

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The construction or operation of railroads.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Present participle of railroad.

n. The class of people, equipment, terminology, and lore pertaining to railroads.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The management of or work upon a railroad or railroads; the business of constructing or operating railroads.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads

Word Usage

"He has made fortunes in railroading, newspapers, salmon-packing, an oyster monopoly, a lumber combine, and has dabbled in politics, been president of the chamber of commerce, mayor of the city, state senator, and is considered a prime candidate for governor."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

technology engineering

Hyponym

magnetic levitation maglev

Verb Stem

railroad