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Spell Bee Word: Railroad


What does railroad mean?

Word: Railroad

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Railroad means a track made of steel rails for trains to run on, or the whole system of trains. Railroad is the American word; British and Indian English use railway.

Synonyms: railway

How do you spell railroad?

Syllables: rail - road

Tricky part: It is two words joined, rail and road, and each keeps its own pair of vowels.

Watch out for: ralroad, relroad, railrood

Memory tip: Picture a road made of rails. Spell rail, then spell road, and push them together.

Railroad in a sentence

Example 1: In American films, cowboys often ride beside the railroad.

Example 2: The old railroad bridge crosses the river.

Example 3: Workers laid the railroad across the plain.

Fun Fact

In the United States, the first railroad to cross the whole country was completed in 1869, when two lines met at Promontory Summit in Utah.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) footbal
b) toothbrash
c) bedrom
d) railroad

Show answer

d) railroad. Football needs ll, toothbrush ends in brush, and bedroom has oo.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The old railroad ran past fields of whete and yellow mustard.

a) whete
b) railroad
c) mustard
d) fields

Show answer

a) whete. Wheat has ea, the same pair as in eat.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) carriage
b) platfrom
c) railroad
d) engine

Show answer

b) platfrom. Platform ends in -form, not -from.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dlaorair

a) railroad
b) raildoar
c) rairload
d) lairroad

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a) railroad. Rairload, raildoar and lairroad keep ai and oa but move the r, l or d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these runs on a railroad?

a) a goods train
b) a jet plane
c) a cargo ship
d) a delivery van

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a) a goods train

2. What would you see beside a railroad?

a) runways and hangars
b) signals and a station
c) lighthouses and docks
d) bus stops and depots

Show answer

b) signals and a station

Associated Words

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blissscatterbreathepatiencesnowboarding

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