Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lt

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: lt
IPA

2

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of leukotriene.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of lieutenant.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of local time.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of left twist.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of long time.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A designation for a trim level within a model of trucks; it denotes low-end (base model) features.

Countable; Uncountable

symbol

Initialism of long ton.

adj

Abbreviation of light (before color names usually also abbreviated).

Example Sentences

"Walk to the Lt Lonsdale St end of Drewery Lane and turn left, continue under the Melbourne Central walkway to the corner of Elizabeth St."

Usage

Inflected Forms

LTs (plural)

Phrases

Lt. Col.

Frequently Paired Words

XL XLT lt. rt up dn

Questions

What does lt mean?: Initialism of leukotriene.

How to pronounce lt

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