Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short-haul

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: short--haul
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Traveling or involving a short distance.

Example Sentences

"The projected modal switch from car, coach and short-haul flights to rail remains very modest, despite all the evidence available from high-speed introductions elsewhere."

Inflected Forms

shorter-haul (comparative) shortest-haul (superlative) short haul (alternative)

Questions

What does short-haul mean?: Traveling or involving a short distance.

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