Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

low-floor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: low-floor
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of buses, trams or trains, built with a floor closer to ground level to ease access for passengers.

Example Sentences

"To date, only Stadler has brought low-floor trains to Britain, while the major rolling stock makers - Bombardier, Alstom, Siemens and Hitachi - seem wedded to trains with high floors that force passengers in wheelchairs to ask for help to board and alight trains."

Questions

What does low-floor mean?: Of buses, trams or trains, built with a floor closer to ground level to ease access for passengers.

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