Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

railway time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: rail-way -time
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A standardized time arrangement formerly used by railways to overcome the confusion caused by varying local times at different stations.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The disparate time zones of Britain were unified under 'railway time' - as Dickens famously observed in Dombey: 'It was if the sun itself had given in.'"

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does railway time mean?: A standardized time arrangement formerly used by railways to overcome the confusion caused by varying local times at different stations.

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