Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anti-rail

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-rail
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of antirail.

Example Sentences

"Wellings has form here, having in 2015 written a pamphlet with long-time anti-rail campaigner Paul Withrington entitled Paving over the Tracks: a Better Use of Britain's Railways."

Etymology

From anti- + rail.

Antonyms

pro-rail

Questions

What does anti-rail mean?: Alternative form of antirail.
Where does anti-rail come from?: From anti- + rail.

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