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subway-surface

[ˌsəb.wej ˈsɚ.fɪs]

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
sub-way--sur-face
IPA
[ˌsəb.wej ˈsɚ.fɪs]
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both.

American usage

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: [ˌsəb.wej ˈsɚ.fɪs]
  • British English: [ˌsʌb.wej ˈsɝː.fɨs]

Usage

Inflected Forms

subway-surfaces (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce subway-surface?
The recorded pronunciation is [ˌsəb.wej ˈsɚ.fɪs].
What does subway-surface mean?
Streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both.

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