Definition of rail

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• rail is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 4
• rail is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 4
• rail is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 5

Definition of rail

• a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. railing
• enclose with rails (verb)

  Examples

  1. rail in the old graves

  Synonyms

  1. rail in
• criticize severely (verb)

  Examples

  1. She railed against the bad social policies

  Synonyms

  1. fulminate
• complain bitterly (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. inveigh
• separate with a railing (verb)

  Examples

  1. rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace

  Synonyms

  1. rail off
• spread negative information about (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. revile
  2. vilify
  3. vituperate
• travel by rail or train (verb)

  Examples

  1. They railed from Rome to Venice

  Synonyms

  1. train
• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. rails
  2. runway
  3. track
• a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) (noun)
• any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud (noun)
• convey (goods etc.) by rails (verb)

  Examples

  1. fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium
• fish with a handline over the rails of a boat (verb)

  Examples

  1. They are railing for fresh fish
• lay with rails (verb)

  Examples

  1. hundreds of miles were railed out here
• provide with rails (verb)

  Examples

  1. The yard was railed
• short for railway (noun)

  Examples

  1. he traveled by rail
  2. he was concerned with rail safety

See definition of rail in Merriam Webster