FUNICULAR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars

Synonyms:

cable railway; funicular; funicular railway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("funicular" is a kind of...):

railroad; railroad line; railway; railway line; railway system (line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight)

Meronyms (parts of "funicular"):

cable car; car (a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway)

Derivation:

funicular (relating to or operated by a cable)

Meaning:

Relating to or operated by a cable

Example:

funicular railway

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

cable (a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire)

Derivation:

funicular (a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars)