metro
81metro — UK [ˈmetrəʊ] / US [ˈmetroʊ] noun [countable] Word forms metro : singular metro plural metros an underground railway system in a city. The usual British word for the underground railway system in London is the tube. The American word is subway …
82metro — I. /ˈmɛtroʊ/ (say metroh) noun 1. an underground railway system in a city. 2. a railway system within a city, the carriages of which are single deckers. –adjective 3. of or relating to the central part of a city: this bus does the metro run.… …
83Metro 3D — For information about the American video game developer/publisher, see Metro3D, Inc. Metro 3D is a video game developer and publisher based in the United Kingdom. They specialize in creating budget titles suitable for the entire family. Many of… …
84metro — metro1 /me troh/, n., pl. metros. (often cap.) 1. the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities. 2. subway (def. 1). [1900 05; < F métro, short for chemin de fer métropolitain metropolitan …
85metro — Quebec English like the SAQ, this practice consists of calling a thing by its proper name, making it particularly unremarkable; the Paris metro is pronounced similarly, as is the Washington D.C. metro and so on …
86metro — [[t]me̱troʊ[/t]] metros also Metro N COUNT: usu the N in sing The metro is the underground railway system in some cities, for example in Paris …
87metro- — I aff. wam a combining form meaning “measure”: metronome[/ex] • Etymology: comb. form repr. Gk métron measure II metro aff. a combining form meaning “uterus”: metrorrhagia[/ex] • Etymology: comb. form repr. Gk mḗtra womb III metro aff. a… …
88metró — ja m (ọ̑) podzemna železnica: zgraditi metro; moskovski, pariški metro / peljati se z metrojem …
89metro — Subway Sub way , n. 1. An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted. [1913 Webster] 2. An underground railroad, usually having trains powered by… …
90metro — I. noun (plural metros) Etymology: French métro, short for (chemin de fer) métropolitain metropolitan railroad Date: 1904 subway b II. adjective Date: 1953 metropolitan 2 …
