Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cabless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ca-b-less
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a cab and driver, and therefore a remotely controlled vehicle (driver's compartment in a truck or train).

adj

Without a roof over the driving position.

adj

Without any taxicabs.

Example Sentences

"a cabless booster locomotive"
"To a single unit equipped with cab and driving position one or more cabless units can be added as circumstances dictate, doubling or tripling the traction power available without the wasted weight of unnecessary cabs on the additional units."
"I recollect taking a very poor view of the apparently inadequate cabs of the Stirling engines, as compared with those of the Brighton; there were even to be seen at this time a number of the completely cabless Cudworths."
"a bleak, cabless city square"

Etymology

From cab + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cab

Derived Forms

cablessness

Questions

What does cabless mean?: Without a cab and driver, and therefore a remotely controlled vehicle (driver's compartment in a truck or train).
Where does cabless come from?: From cab + -less.

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