RAILHEAD Synonyms

• the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes

• a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve

• a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

• sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal

• an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

• the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose

• (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)

• located on the left side of a ship or aircraft

• put or turn on the left side, of a ship

• bring to port

• land at or reach a port

• turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship

• carry, bear, convey, or bring

• carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons

• drink port

• modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform

• a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

• proper or designated social situation

• (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty

• the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

• the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station

• assign to a station

• the event of something ending

• the act of stopping something

• a brief stay in the course of a journey

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• a spot where something halts or pauses

• a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

• (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

• a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

• a restraint that checks the motion of something

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• come to a halt, stop moving

• put an end to a state or an activity

• stop from happening or developing

• interrupt a trip

• cause to end

• prevent completion

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

• seize on its way

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• render unsuitable for passage

• stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

• of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route

• relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time

• being or situated at an end

• station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

• a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

• either extremity of something that has length

• electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

• occurring at or forming an end or termination

• causing or ending in or approaching death

• a place where something ends or is complete

• the ultimate goal for which something is done

• (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

• either end of a railroad or bus route

• station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

• a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

• the enclosed land around a house or other building

• a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)

• the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

• a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

• a tract of land where logs are accumulated

• an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

• a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen

• an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)