Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); 
- Example: "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"[syn: metro, tube, underground, subway system, subway]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
subway system
    n 1: an electric railway operating below the surface of the
         ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is
         called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or
         the `underground'" [syn: metro, tube, underground,
         subway system, subway]