Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

end-on

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.66 in modern English

Syllables: end-on
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a link between the tracks of two railway companies that meet end on, forming a through line, at a point called an end-on junction.

Example Sentences

"Beyond the station an end-on junction was made with the L.N.W.R., which worked most of the M. & C. trains on to Workington and Whitehaven."

Questions

What does end-on mean?: Of a link between the tracks of two railway companies that meet end on, forming a through line, at a point called an end-on junction.

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