bart
/bɑɹt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.67 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Abbreviation or diminutive for baronet, later replaced by Bt. It is a post-nominative title; the pre-nominative is Sir (e.g. Sir John Smith Bart.).
British usage
name
A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
name
verb
To use Bay Area Rapid Transit, or to ride on BART.
Example Sentences
- "The First Lord's daughter proud, Snubbed earls and viscounts nightly— She sneered at barts aloud. And spurned poor Joe Golightly."
- "It takes us two buses and three BART trains to get to our East Bay house. On the BART ride passing through downtown San Francisco, every seat was taken except for the seats next to us."
- "I walk down to the BART station and catch the train back to the city and it’s night by the time it rises up from the tunnels under Oakland."
- "“Oakland Airport Connector service is running limited service due to a power outage. Shuttles will depart every 18 minutes,” BART said in a 2:38 p.m. PST update."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɑɹt/
- British English: /bɑːt/
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
Barts (plural)
BARTs (present, singular)
BARTing (participle, present)
BARTed (participle, past)
BARTed (past)