{
    "term": "railway",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a track with rails on which trains run",
            "labels": "British English also",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The railway is still under construction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a disused railway"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are doing maintenance work on the railway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Follow the path west along the old railway track."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a railway bridge/tunnel"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["mainline", "high-speed", "disused"],
                "verb + railway/​railroad": ["manage", "operate", "run"],
                "railway/​railroad + verb": ["run", "carry something"],
                "railway/​railroad + noun": ["car", "carriage", "coach"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the railway", "railway between", "railway from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a system of tracks, together with the trains that run on them, and the organization and people needed to operate them",
            "sensetop": "on the railways",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her father worked on the railways.",
                    "contextForm": "on the railways"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **railway station**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a railway worker/company"
                },
                {
                    "text": "East Midlands Railway"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a model railway"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A miniature railway runs around the park."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is a lifelong railway enthusiast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Such speed of travel was unimaginable before the railway age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The railways carry millions of tons of freight every year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tourists can take the funicular railway to the top of the mountain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the pleasures of railway travel"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["mainline", "high-speed", "disused"],
                "verb + railway/​railroad": ["manage", "operate", "run"],
                "railway/​railroad + verb": ["run", "carry something"],
                "railway/​railroad + noun": ["car", "carriage", "coach"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the railway", "railway between", "railway from"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɪlweɪ/",
                "audio": "ra/railway/railway__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɪlweɪ/",
                "audio": "ra/railway/railway__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}