bo-bo
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wheel arrangement for diesel and electric locomotives signifying that a locomotive has four axles, each powered by a motor, on two bogies.
Example Sentences
- "The Lötschberg had always been in the forefront of electric locomotive development and their 4,000 h.p. Bo-Bo design, introduced in 1944, was the first of its particular type in Europe, if not in the world. Shortly afterwards in 1946, the very successful Swiss Federal Bo-Bo type was introduced and for many years undertook the working of the high speed lightweight trains over the Geneva-Zurich, Geneva-Basle and other main lines."
Inflected Forms
Bo-Bos (plural)
B-B (alternative)