sub-station
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "They form part of the vast electrification and reconstruction schemes which have been in hand for a number of years at Liverpool Street, and in suburban Essex, and include the rearrangement of tracks, of which the Ilford flyover forms part; the modern signal boxes, now needed only at key points; the electric control or sub-stations; and a large electric car shed."
- "The stations, lifts and trains were all brightly lit with electricity, and there was no question of voltage drop from being too far from the source of the power because the Central was the first line long enough to justify the building of sub-stations along the route."