atf
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.05 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Initialism of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives).
American usage
noun
Initialism of auxiliary tugboat fleet; a naval fleet tugboat, a fleet tug that can keep up with a fleet on operations
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
phrase
As Trustee For
prep_phrase
Example Sentences
- "According to the ATF, gun makers began cranking out 2.4 million rifles annually in Obama’s first term – a 52 percent increase from the previous four years of the Bush administration."
- "During Tuesday’s ceremony at the ATF headquarters, Dettelbach said being sworn in as the agency’s director is the “single greatest honor of my professional life” but also that it is “most certainly the greatest professional challenge of my life.”"
- "Holonyms: automatic transmission < motor vehicle < vehicle"
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable