bmt
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Initialism of basic military training, which includes physical training, where Singaporean males will learn basic skills of a soldier.
Countable; Uncountable
name
Initialism of Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation.
Example Sentences
- "During the two-hour visit, Mr Ong was briefed by commanders on the BMT curriculum and observed recruits undergoing physical training and using tablets to learn how to strip and assemble their weapons."
- "At the start of BMT, he could manage just two chin-ups; at the end, he was doing more than 20. “My body has toned up a lot,” he says."
- "Bearing arms to defend the country is the primary goal of NS, and that should remain so by sending all recruits for BMT."
- "Two years ago, Phua Shi Hao, 20, spent about $50 preparing for BMT on some of the smaller items at the army market."
- "“He was a good pal in BMT, and very hardworking and promising”."
- "We knew: People die during the first hundred days of a BMT. Although we would fly to Seattle together, a month later I might bring Jane home in a box—after the new marrow failed to engraft; after an unstoppable infection with no immune system; after liver failure when the new marrow attacked its stranger-body."
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
history of Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation
Frequently Paired Words
history of Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation