Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metre-gauge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables: me-tre--gauge
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Built as or for metre gauge.

Example Sentences

"Interlaken East station is jointly owned with the standard gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway from Bern and Thun and the Swiss Federal Railways metre-gauge Brünig line from Lucerne, but is managed and staffed by the Bernese Oberland group."

Questions

What does metre-gauge mean?: Built as or for metre gauge.

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