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kolej — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • rail noun A horizontal bar used as a support or barrier, or one of the metal bars that trains run on.
  • railway noun A transport system that runs trains on fixed tracks (British English).
  • rut noun A deep groove or track worn into the ground by repeated wheels or footsteps.
  • track noun A rough path or trail, often left by repeated use.

Senses

kolej is used for these senses in English:

  • hall of residence (UK) A building for college or university students to live in.
  • rail The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
  • rut A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]
  • track (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.

rail — full definition

  1. noun A horizontal bar used as a support or barrier, or one of the metal bars that trains run on.
  2. noun Train transport considered as a system or industry.
  3. verb To complain loudly and bitterly (usually "rail against" or "rail at").

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