Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables: irt
IPA

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Interborough Rapid Transit Company.

prep_phrase

Initialism of in reference to or in regard to.

noun

The subway lines, collectively, formerly run by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of item response theory.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of investigation and recovery team.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of independent review team

Countable; Uncountable

name

A river in Cumbria, England, which flows from Wast Water, and into the Irish Sea.

Example Sentences

"A Soho sweetheart wants the man who injured her husband thrown in front of the IRT."
"Take the IRT to Atlantic and change for the R."

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

IRTs (plural)

Synonyms

WRT

Questions

What does irt mean?: Initialism of Interborough Rapid Transit Company.
Where does irt come from?: Abbreviation.

How to pronounce irt

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