Meaning & use
subway
An underground railway system used for public transportation in a city.
See it in a sentence
She takes the subway to work every morning to avoid traffic.
The subway map looked confusing until we finally found our line's color.
A note on using this word
American English says "subway"; British English typically says "the Underground" or "the tube."
Words with a similar meaning
metrounderground
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