Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

department of transportation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: de-part-men-t of -trans-porta-tion
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

Synonyms

Transportation DoT

Questions

What does department of transportation mean?: the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

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