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harrington hump

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
har-ring-ton hump
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A low-cost structure designed to raise the height of a low railway station platform to meet the level of the train entrance step.

Etymology

From Harrington railway station (Cumbria, United Kingdom) where the first structure was placed and tested.

Inflected Forms

Harrington humps (plural)

Questions

What does harrington hump mean?
A low-cost structure designed to raise the height of a low railway station platform to meet the level of the train entrance step.
Where does harrington hump come from?
From Harrington railway station (Cumbria, United Kingdom) where the first structure was placed and tested.

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