Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

single-wheeler

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: sin-gle-wheel-er
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A steam locomotive with a single driving axle.

Example Sentences

"It links the time when single-wheelers were still being used on crack expresses to our modern streamline age, when up to the outbreak of war developments both at home and overseas were following thick and fast upon each other."

Inflected Forms

single-wheelers (plural)

Questions

What does single-wheeler mean?: A steam locomotive with a single driving axle.

How to pronounce single-wheeler

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