Used in a Sentence

monorail

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for monorail.

Editorial note

The monorail is about the worst way to travel in Vegas.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of monorail gathered in one view.

noun

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

noun

a train running on a single rail

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for monorail.

noun

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

noun

a train running on a single rail

Example sentences

1

The monorail is about the worst way to travel in Vegas.

2

You propose replacing roads with underground subway or monorail, which are entirely unsuitable for 90% of cities.

3

Meanwhile, they complain constantly about light rail on the hill, but they campaigned heavily for the monorail-to-nowhere.

4

NET compact framework, a website written with MonoRail and ExtJS, and a large data migration system.

5

Compare fictional drawings of monorails with the many real ones.[1] The Tokyo Haneda monorail has held up well through several earthquakes.

6

So far the cab companies have been able to survive everything, they've even prevented the monorail from going to the airport.

7

Both Seoul (9.2m) and Tokyo (8.7m) exceed that, and that doesn't account for the extensive non-subway commuter train/AGT/monorail networks in both cities.

8

However, the monorail now runs all the way from the MGM on Tropicana Ave.

9

There's no reason that Rails should be restricted to 'monorail' or monolithic apps.

10

The Monorail could still be extended from the south end to the airport.

11

I would suspect that walking, the monorail, and The Deuce handle the vast majority of inter-hotel travel.

12

Or, it could be widened for metro usage, like the disneyland monorail.

Quote examples

1

But the building of the Witgow trans-trench monorail tunnel, with its subsequent beneficial economic effects to both sides, gets five pages." > "In short, we emphasize the common instead of the rare, building rather than destruction, the normal at the expense of the abnormal.

Proper noun examples

1

The point is, they'll whistle past the graveyard (Monorail!) or dwell on every conceivable negative outcome (Tunnel!) depending on which approach serves their purpose.

2

This reminds me of the Seattle Monorail, which continues to operate today.

3

When they built the Monorail, that was the idea.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use monorail in a sentence?

The monorail is about the worst way to travel in Vegas.

What does monorail mean?

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

What part of speech is monorail?

monorail is commonly used as noun.