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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A railway that operates on a raised structure in order to permit passage of vehicles or pedestrians beneath it.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
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