Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autoballaster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-bal-laster
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of ballast wagon, used to carry new ballast and then spread it along a section of railway track.

Example Sentences

"DB Cargo UK 66162 [...] and 66176 propel a train of autoballasters into Toton North Yard on July 20."

Etymology

From auto- + ballast + -er.

Inflected Forms

autoballasters (plural) auto-ballaster (alternative)

Questions

What does autoballaster mean?: A type of ballast wagon, used to carry new ballast and then spread it along a section of railway track.
Where does autoballaster come from?: From auto- + ballast + -er.

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