Associations to the word «Metro»

Pictures for the word «Metro»

Wiktionary

METRO, noun. An underground railway.
METRO, noun. A train that runs on such an underground railway.
METRO, noun. An urban rapid transit light railway
METRO, noun. A train that runs on such a railway.
METRO, noun. A metropolitan area.
METRO, adjective. Metropolitan.
METRO STATION, noun. A railway station for a rapid transit system.
METRO STATIONS, noun. Plural of metro station

Dictionary definition

METRO, noun. An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats