longhaul
/ˈlɔŋhɔl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Though they breed in the High Arctic summer, Arctic terns 'winter' south in the austral summer, thus living a life of perpetual summer and almost endless daylight in the classic example of 'globe-spanning'. […] Longhauling 22,000 miles a year they are the only northern breeding species which migrates regularly to Antarctic waters."
- "The words hung between them, heavy with self-recrimination. Harriet shook her head. What was the point in this? More Poor me before she long-hauled it back across the Atlantic? She had enough baggage, thank you very much."
- "Q. What would the Denver & Rio Grande Western get if it hauled that same car from Salt Lake to Pueblo and longhauled it to Santa Fe on its own branch? / A. About 26 or 27 cents."
- "[…] Foreign Trade Zone cargoes may be discharged at Berth 60 and longhauled with stevedoring equipment into Foreign Trade Zone No. 4."
- "Integrated Solid Waste Management Program, Based on Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Out-of-Country Landfilling (i.e., Longhaul): This alternative would have required the same practices for waste reduction and recycling as the previous alternative. Instead of developing a new in-county landfill, remaining solid waste would be disposed of in existing landfills and longhauled to an out-of-country landfill once the existing landfills reached their capacity."
- "You need to get into long-distance moving. […] I got a cousin in Alabama, which he's based in Birmingham, gets plenty of work long-hauling furniture and whatnot."
Etymology
From long haul.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɔŋhɔl/
- British English: /ˈlɒŋhɔːl/