Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "rail" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

race track subway

Derived Terms

Aldabra rail Aztec rail Calayan rail Chatham rail Cuvier's rail Dieffenbach's rail Guam rail Inaccessible Island rail K-rail Laysan rail Mexican rail Network Rail New Guinea flightless rail Nkulengu rail Okinawa rail Picatinny rail Ridgway's rail Rouget's rail Roviana rail Vignoles rail Virginia rail Virginia rail fence Woodford's rail Zapata rail anti-rail antirail banded rail bar-winged rail barred rail bedrail bow rail breastrail buff-banded rail bullhead rail bullrail by rail cant rail cantrail chair rail check rail chestnut rail clapper rail cograil common rail commuter rail conductor rail crossrail dado rail derail edge rail enrail false rail fife-rail flanged T rail flat rail fly rail footrail forest rail fourth rail frame rail framerail grab rail grabrail grey-throated rail ground rail guardrail guide rail guiderail handrail hanging rail hatrail headrail heavy rail hi-rail high-speed rail higher-speed rail hitching rail hitchrail hollow rail hot rail hydrail inrail interrail invisible rail king rail landrail light rail live rail loot rail mangrove rail midrail monkey rail monorail motorail night-rail non-rail nonrail on rails on the rail on the rails pedrail picture rail pink-legged rail power rail pro-rail put the bottom rail on top rail anchor rail and stile rail brake rail drink rail fare rail fence cipher rail fly rail freight rail gauge rail grab rail grinder rail hail rail head rail joint rail line rail liquor rail motor rail out rail replacement service rail roko rail saver rail shooter rail spike rail terminal rail tour rail track rail trail rail train rail transport rail turn rail vehicle rail wagon rail yard rail-babbler rail-based rail-carriage rail-motor rail-served rail-thin railage railbank railbed railbike railbird railborne railbound railbuff railbus railcar railcard railer railfan railfanning railfare railful railgun railhead railjoint raillery railless raillike railman railmotor railroad railside railtour railway railwoman railworks red rail rerail ride on a rail ride the rail ride the rails road-rail road-rail vehicle running rail sand rail seat rail shower rail side rail skateboard rail skinny as a rail sliprail snoring rail split rail split rail fence strap rail thin as a rail third rail tilt rail toprail towel rail tram rail tramrail ultra light rail unrail water rail white-throated rail wing rail wood rail

Etymologically Related To

regular

Context

architecture internet surfing

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

abuse bar barrier blackguard clapperclaw complain confine denounce divide enclose fish furnish hold in kick kvetch lay offer plain provide put down quetch railroad railroad line railway railway line railway system render repose ride separate shout sound off supply transport wader wading bird

Type Of (IsA)

bar bird man made structure railway wading bird

Manner Of

complain enclose fish lay separate supply transport

Related Terms

corncrake ralline

Related Terms

about against bar bird cloak clothing complain corncrake dress endlessly endlessly long flow garment gush holding holding on holding onto horizontal lengthwise lines long metal metal pole neckerchief onto pole railing railroad rails railway rallidae ralline road skate slide slide on stairs steel support support trains surfboard track tracks train train track train tracks trains trains onto two two lines two rails vertical violent web page

Synonym Network

fulminate railing track train vilify

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.