Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lay-bye

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: lay-bye
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of lay-by.

Example Sentences

"Jennie pulled over into a lay-bye, turned off the engine and buried her head in her hands. She wept."
"I can't believe he's that clever to have boarded a boat or an aeroplane without being spotted. Also we've found a Range Rover in a lay-bye outside Belfast."
"The assassin's anonymous white van wound serenely along the coast road in the shimmering heat of a June afternoon. ere was no other trac on the road and the assassin raked the hazy distance ahead in search of the lay-bye where he was sure steve had stopped to answer the assassin's promised telephone call at exactly half-past three."

Inflected Forms

lay-byes (plural)

Questions

What does lay-bye mean?: Alternative form of lay-by.

How to pronounce lay-bye

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