Usually means: Track for trains to travel.
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We found 59 dictionaries that define the word rail:

General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. rail: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rail: Merriam-Webster
  3. rail, rail, rail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rail, rail, rail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rail: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rail: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rail, rail: Wordnik
  8. rail: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Rail: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. rail: Wiktionary
  11. rail: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. rail: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. rail: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. Rail, rail: Dictionary.com
  15. rail (n.1), rail (n.2), rail (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. rail: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. RAIL (magazine), RAIL, Rail (Australian band), Rail (band), Rail (bird), Rail (disambiguation), Rail (magazine), Rail (name), Rail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Rail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. rail: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. rail: Rhymezone
  21. rail, rail (de), rail (m), ral: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. rail: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. RAIL: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  24. Rail: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  25. rail: FreeDictionary.org
  26. rail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  27. rail: TheFreeDictionary.com
  28. rail: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. rail: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. RAIL: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Rail (bird), The Rail, rail: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. RAIL: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. rail: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rail: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Rail: Urban Dictionary

Sports (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rail: Dan's Poker
  2. Rail: Backgammon
  3. Squash Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  5. Texas Hold'em Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Snowboarding Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Rail: Sports Definitions

Tech (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Efficient Windows (No longer online)
  4. Rail: TheFurniture.com
  5. Woodworking Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Rail: Construction Glossary
  7. Glossary of Woodworking Terms (No longer online)
  8. Rail: Glossary of Woodworking Terms
  9. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  10. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
  11. Rail: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See railed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
noun:  The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
noun:  A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
noun:  (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
noun:  A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
noun:  (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
noun:  (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
noun:  (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
noun:  Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
noun:  (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
verb:  (intransitive) To travel by railway.
verb:  (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
verb:  (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
verb:  (transitive) To range in a line.
verb:  (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
noun:  Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
verb:  To complain violently (against, about).
noun:  (obsolete) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
noun:  (obsolete) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.
verb:  (obsolete, of a liquid) To gush; to flow.
verb:  (obsolete, of wind) To blow.

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