Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleepered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sleep-ered
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of sleeper

adj

Relating to railway sleepers.

Example Sentences

"The line from Nyon to La Cure (17½ miles) was opened in 1916, and is on independent track throughout, leaving the road immediately after passing under the Swiss Federal line from Lausanne to Geneva, where grooved tramrails with tie-bars give place to steel-sleepered track."
"Nor, having married coach and bogie design successfully, does it follow that good riding will ensue, whatever the track carrying it—as the performance of B.R. standard coaches on flat-bottom, concrete-sleepered track bears witness."

Questions

What does sleepered mean?: simple past and past participle of sleeper

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