noun
- An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city. )
- usage: "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"
- synonyms: metro, tube, underground, subway system
- An underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway.
- synonyms: underpass
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