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Trackbed

/ˈtɹækbɛd/

The foundation of a railway track.

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noun
  1. 1

    The foundation of a railway track.

  2. 2

    The land on which a railway was built (especially one that has been closed or dismantled).

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track bednounAlternative form of trackbed. [The layer of gravel or other foundation on which a railway track is laid.]
roadbednounThe prepared location for a road, including its foundation.
substructurenounThe supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).
tracklayingnoun(rail transport) The work that involves putting the track in place.
subgradenounThe layer of native soil on which the foundation of a road is laid.
trackwaynounAny of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, set in the ground to aid the movement of wheeled vehicles.
ballastnoun(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
slab tracknoun(rail transport) Railway track mounted on a concrete (or asphalt) base, without the use of ballast.
roadbasenounThe layer of aggregates under the paved layer of a road.
blanketingverb(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
tracknounA mark left by something that has passed along.
gravelnoun(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
beamnounA broad smile.
undertracknounThe characteristic disturbance to subsoil beneath the track of an animal
tracksitenounA site where trackways (footprints, especially fossilised) are found.
gravel-walknounA path laid out with a gravel surface.
track-roadnoun(archaic) A towpath.
cessnoun(British, Ireland, India) An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.
dirt bednoun(geology) A layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation.
tarmacnoun(loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material.

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