Akademik

branch line
noun
a railway line connected to a trunk line
• Syn: ↑spur track, ↑spur
• Hypernyms: ↑line, ↑railway line, ↑rail line
• Hyponyms: ↑loop-line

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a rail line, directly or indirectly connected with a main line, having its own stations and service.
[1840-50]

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branch line noun
A subsidiary railway line
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Main Entry: ↑branch

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branch line UK US noun [countable] [singular branch line plural branch lines]
a railway track between small towns on which small and fairly slow trains run. A track between larger towns, with larger and faster trains, is called a main line .
Thesaurus: parts of railway and tram systemsmeronym types of train or railway systemhyponym

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n. a secondary railroad line branching off from a main line

Useful english dictionary. 2012.