subway

subway
noun
1 (AmE) underground train system ⇨ See also ↑underground
ADJECTIVE
crowded
VERB + SUBWAY
ride, take, use
get on, hop on
get off
SUBWAY + NOUN
car, train
platform, tunnel
station, stop
line, system
token
map
ride

Yankee Stadium is a 40-minute subway ride from our house.

rider

During the blackout, subway riders were stranded and unable to get home.

PREPOSITION
in the subway

rush hour in the subway

on the subway

I've never been on the subway.

2 (BrE) path under a road
ADJECTIVE
pedestrian
PREPOSITION
along a/the subway, in a/the subway, through a/the subway

He ran through the pedestrian subway.


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