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railroad flat

rail·road flat
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [reyl-rohd flat]
    • /ˈreɪlˌroʊd flæt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [reyl-rohd flat]
    • /ˈreɪlˌroʊd flæt/

Definitions of railroad flat words

  • noun railroad flat an apartment whose series of narrow rooms forms a more or less straight line. 1
  • noun railroad flat an apartment of rooms in a line, entered one from another, with no hallway 0
See all 2 definitions of railroad flat

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Origin of railroad flat

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Railroad flat

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Railroad flat

railroad flat popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

railroad flat usage trend in Literature

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