Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

r/t

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English

Syllables: r/t
IPA

2

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Radiotelephone; radiotelegraph.

Uncountable

adj

Initialism of road and track; used to indicate a high performance edition of a vehicle or part, capable of use for everyday driving as well as amateur racing.

adj

Initialism of road and terrain; used to indicate a ruggedized version of a part, capable of on-road performance and off-road track/terrain performance.

adj

Initialism of rugged-terrain; a type of all-terrain tire (A/T) with better off-road and on-road performance (similar to M/T and H/T respectively).

Example Sentences

"I had no mental picture at all of Terry Lennox loafing around one of the swimming pools in Bermuda shorts and phoning the butler by R/T to ice the champagne and get the grouse a-toasting."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

RT (alternative) R&T (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

A/T H/T LT M/T T/T

Questions

What does r/t mean?: Radiotelephone; radiotelegraph.

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