overground
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.37 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Mainstream, not underground.
noun
A commuter rail or similar rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally running through an urban area largely above ground and faster than an underground or metro with fewer stops.
verb
simple past and past participle of overgrind
name
The London Overground, a counterpart of London Underground operated by TfL (Transport for London), which operates some of the various lines around London which are mainly above ground.
Example Sentences
- "an overground railway"
- "Colour-light signals, for both day and night work, came into use at a much later date, and their first use on any scale in this country was on the London underground railways, where the principle adopted was largely American in origin. But although light signalling is credited to America, one of the first instances of its use was an experimental installation at Herne Hill, although it did not find favour in this country for overground working until some fifty years later."
- "We have been concentrating on the City because that was the initial target for builders of both overground and underground railways, who were like artists going over and over the same piece of canvas."
- "They have plans to carry overground books on gay liberation, and a lot of books from small presses."
- "The overground is ten minutes walk through the gloom. Anna finds a seat in the third carriage she tries."
- "Today dozens more systems are being built – or at least being planned with twelve in China alone – and that's not counting the overgrounds and the tramways!"
Etymology
From over- + ground.
Inflected Forms
overgrounds (plural)
the Overground (canonical)