Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detrunk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-trunk
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To downgrade (a trunk road) to a normal highway.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road. I put it to the Minister in the strongest possible terms that it would be quite wrong and extremely damaging to proceed with the proposals to detrunk those two roads, which form part of the agreed national Argyll tourist route promoted by the Scottish Office."
"Simultaneously, the Department for Transport detrunked many roads, shifting the responsibility – and the cost – of maintenance and improvement to local authorities […]"

Etymology

From de- + trunk.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

detrunks (present, singular) detrunking (participle, present) detrunked (participle, past) detrunked (past)

Questions

What does detrunk mean?: To downgrade (a trunk road) to a normal highway.
Where does detrunk come from?: From de- + trunk.

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