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Definition of third rail in English English dictionary
- The electrified rail that runs besides, or between train tracks to power electric trains
- anything that is dangerous to come into contact with, or is best avoided
Social security is the third rail of American politics: touch it and your political career dies.
- a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive
- An electric railway using such a rail
- The third rail used in the third-rail system
- third rails
- plural form of third rail
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thırd reylPronunciation
/ˈᴛʜərd ˈrāl/ /ˈθɜrd ˈreɪl/
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