Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

road-rail vehicle

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: road--rail ve-hi-cle
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vehicle that can be driven along roads to a place where retractable railway wheels can be lowered onto railway track to allow it to be used on the railway, often used for maintenance and construction purposes.

Example Sentences

"The importance of track workers obeying site rules has been stressed after a man was hospitalised after being hit by a moving road-rail vehicle (RRV) and falling into the 'four foot' between the rails."

Inflected Forms

road-rail vehicles (plural)

Synonyms

road-railer RRV

Questions

What does road-rail vehicle mean?: A vehicle that can be driven along roads to a place where retractable railway wheels can be lowered onto railway track to allow it to be used on the railway, often used for maintenance and construction purposes.

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