ungated
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not gated.
Example Sentences
- "This section is perfectly straight until the top of the rise is reached, where a 10 m.p.h. limit board gives warning of a sharp curve, and an ungated public road crossing, protected by cattle guards of the usual light railway pattern."
- "Tender engines cannot be used on this line because ungated level crossings inhibit crews from tender-first running and there is no turntable."
- "The number of ungated crossings protected by automatic flashing lights is about 300 and some 400 hand-operated crossings are equipped with red or yellow flashing warning lights."
Etymology
From un- + gated.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un