noun

cableway

cableway, ropeway, aerial tramway

We took the cableway up the mountain.

We took the cableway up the mountain.

((a/the)) cableway ((up/down/across sth.)) a system of cables to transport people or goods We took the cableway up the mountain.

Synonyms: ropeway, aerial lift, gondola lift, aerial tramway

A compound word from 'cable' and 'way'. It literally means a 'way' or path made of cables.

Imagine a vehicle that travels along a 'way' made of 'cables' over a mountain.

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