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rails

/ɹeɪlz/noun1 syllable

Rails means: a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll.

Synonyms for rails3

noun, as in a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

track, rail, runway

What does rails mean?1

noun

1

a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with rails?20

two syllables

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Rails in a sentence

  • The metro, trains and trams travel on rails.sundown
  • Even with no flanges, conical wheels self-stabilize on rails.Auride
  • She would value the opportunity to exchange views on the strength of guard-rails.unknown
  • Liisa has gone completely off the rails since she started life on her own.freddy1
  • He fell asleep on the rails and was run over by a train.kaiperkins271
  • Underground and overground trains as well as trams travel on rails.sundown
  • Then he started drinking and went off the rails.sundown
  • Don't cross the rails when the alarm is sounding.AlanF_US

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