monorail

noun

mono·​rail ˈmä-nə-ˌrāl How to pronounce monorail (audio)
: a single rail serving as a track for a wheeled vehicle
also : a vehicle traveling on such a track

Illustration of monorail

Illustration of monorail

Examples of monorail in a Sentence

Monorails connect different parts of the park. The passengers boarded the monorail.
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Monorail crawl: Eat, drink your way around iconic Disney World resorts with this monorail crawl What are the rules for the EPCOT drinking challenge? Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025 Successful examples include the design, financing, construction, and maintenance of turnpikes (Austin, Texas), monorails (Las Vegas, Nevada), and light-rail transits (St. Paul, Minnesota, and Hudson-Bergen, New Jersey). Gary Hufbauer, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2011 Back on dry land downtown, Sharpe suggests crossing Biscayne Boulevard to board the city’s free Metromover, an elevated monorail with three loops, for a scenic tour above downtown’s crowded streets. Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2025 The authority also spent $24.5 million to purchase the Las Vegas Monorail out of bankruptcy, giving Boring the right to tunnel in the monorail’s noncompete territory. Daniel Rothberg, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for monorail

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of monorail was in 1884

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“Monorail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monorail. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

monorail

noun
mono·​rail ˈmän-ə-ˌrāl How to pronounce monorail (audio)
: a single rail serving as a track for cars that balance on or hang from it
also : a car using such a track

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