monorail
noun
a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it.
monorails
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pluralof monorail.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But he has waxed publicly about his admiration for monorails.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
Before entrepreneurs in Seattle won fame selling computer software or takeout coffee across the globe, the city’s vision of Century 21 soared on monorails.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
Most U.S. monorails run in short loops around amusement parks or between airport terminals.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2021
“I’ve sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and, by gum, it put them on the map!”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2019
The aircraft, the high-speed auto-trucks over modern speedways, the aeroplane-motored monorails, the rocket-trains—all these shortened distance.
From Astounding Stories, June, 1931 by Various
