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subway definition

sub·way (sub′wā′)

noun

    1. an underground way or passage
    2. Chiefly Brit. an underpass for pedestrians
  2. ☆ an underground, metropolitan electric railway or the tunnel through which it runs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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