Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high-occupancy vehicle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables
high--oc-cu-pan-cy ve-hi-cle
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
8
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vehicle carrying a relatively large number of occupants (sometimes over a specified threshold).

Inflected Forms

high-occupancy vehicles (plural)

Phrases

high-occupancy vehicle lane carpool lane diamond lane HOV lane transit lane

Frequently Paired Words

carpool lane diamond lane HOV lane T3 T4 transit lane

Synonyms

HOV

Questions

What does high-occupancy vehicle mean?
A vehicle carrying a relatively large number of occupants (sometimes over a specified threshold).

How to pronounce high-occupancy vehicle

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