Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hst

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: hst
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of High Speed Train, a common name for the InterCity 125.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of harmonized sales tax, a combined federal and provincial sales tax collected in some provinces.

Canadian usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of half-square triangle.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of high speed transport.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Initialism of Hawaiian Standard Time.

name

Initialism of Hubble Space Telescope.

American usage

name

Initialism of Harry S. Truman.

American usage

name

Initialism of Hunter S. Thompson.

Usage

Inflected Forms

HSTs (plural)

Phrases

goods and services tax

Frequently Paired Words

goods and services tax

Questions

What does hst mean?: Initialism of High Speed Train, a common name for the InterCity 125.

How to pronounce hst

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