standing-room
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Each floor of the ark contained five thousand six hundred and one square yards, and the three floors sixteen thousand eight hundred and three square yards, the total standing-room of the ark. […] Let us not crowd Noah, but take the six thousand two hundred and sixty-six species of Lesson. Seven of each of these would give us forty-three thousand eight hundred and sixty-two birds, from the humming-bird, the little flying jewel, to the ostrich that fans the heated air of the desert, nearly three for every yard of standing-room in the ark."
- "But also the time must be at hand when, if the population maintains its present rate of increase, standing-room on the globe will become a pressing problem."
- "The detached gate leaning against the door in the picture shows how compactly it folds, and is the size usually used when mounted on the platform step, to increase standing-room on the platform."