Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-railway

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: non-rail-way
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of nonrailway.

Example Sentences

"Corbett has an interesting insight into the reactions of his colleagues from diverse backgrounds: "The ex-British Rail people responded much better than those from the private sector. In terms of helping, the private sector people headed for the hills, while the railway people, like Chris Leah [the operations director] and Dick Fearn [the Midlands Zone director] moved towards the gunfire. The non-railway people on the whole didn't.""

Etymology

From non- + railway.

Questions

What does non-railway mean?: Alternative form of nonrailway.
Where does non-railway come from?: From non- + railway.

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