metro

noun, plural met·ros. (often initial capital letter)

1. the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
2. subway(def 1).

adjective

1. metropolitan(defs 1, 2).

noun, plural met·ros.

2. metropolis(defs 1, 2).
3. (often initial capital letter) Chiefly Canadian. the government or jurisdiction of a large city.

1. a combining form meaning “measure,” used in the formation of compound words: metronome.

1. a combining form meaning “uterus,” used in the formation of compound words: metrorrhagia.

1. a combining form representing metropolis or metropolitan in compound words: metroflight; metroland; Metroliner.

noun plural -ros

1. an underground, or largely underground, railway system in certain cities, esp in Europe, such as that in Paris

combining form

1. indicating the uterusmetrorrhagia

combining form

1. indicating a measuremetronome

n.Paris underground, 1904, from French abbreviation of Chemin de Fer Métropolitain “Metropolitan Railway” (see metropolitan (adj.)). French chemin de fer “railroad” is literally “iron road.” pref.

1. Uterus:metritis.