Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

4-4-0

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.03 in modern English

Syllables: 4-4-0
IPA

0

Scrabble Score

0

Letters

3

Syllables

0

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by two sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

Inflected Forms

4-4-0s (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

440 4-4-2 more at Whyte notation § Wheel arrangement names

Synonyms

American

Questions

What does 4-4-0 mean?: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by two sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

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