Associations to the word «Funicular»
Noun
- Incline
- Tramway
- Gondola
- Tram
- Rack
- Sant
- Cable
- Railway
- Mover
- Lift
- Metro
- Switzerland
- Monte
- Barcelona
- Cars
- Naples
- Cliff
- Elevator
- Bus
- Tourist
- Lyon
- Rail
- Transport
- Climb
- Passenger
- Car
- Slope
- Underground
- Attraction
- Tunnel
- Upper
- Top
- Hill
- Mount
- Station
- Joan
- Del
- Penang
- Railroad
- Mountain
- Line
- Fontaine
- Access
- Haifa
- Train
- Skinner
- Parameter
- Centre
- Transportation
- Santa
- Canton
- Gauge
- Section
- Traction
- Trolley
- Kiev
- Bournemouth
- Piazza
- Salvatore
- Mont
- Track
- Istanbul
- Cord
- Catalonia
- Croix
- Staircase
- Zagreb
- Summit
- Scarborough
- Marks
- Resort
- Niagara
- Bergen
- Terminus
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
FUNICULAR, adjective. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
FUNICULAR, adjective. (botany) Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.
FUNICULAR, noun. A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.
FUNICULAR RAILWAY, noun. A railway on the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable
Dictionary definition
FUNICULAR, noun. A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars.
FUNICULAR, adjective. Relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.