metals
/mˈɛtəlz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The rail tracks owned by a company or organisation; a rail network.
Example Sentences
- "It was appropriate that 'King' number 6000 began the return to steam on British Rail metals in 1971."
- "Now and again a night train roared along the metals within twenty feet of him; but he had all the Oriental’s indifference to mere noise, and it did not even weave a dream through his slumber."
- "They stood on the foot-bridge over Boathouse Station and looked at the metals gleaming coldly."
- "The way the glare from our engine firehole pulsated, reflecting continuously in the steam, combined with our achievement in keeping level with the lighter train until our metals parted at Wilton, provided another lasting memory."
- "Steam services began running over NR [Network Rail] metals from Grosmont to the traffic objective of Whitby in 2007, with operations enhanced by opening of the second platform at the terminus in 2014."