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short-haul

short-haul adjective: traveling or involving a short distance.

Adjective

short-haul (comparative shorter-haul, superlative shortest-haul)

  1. Traveling or involving a short distance.
    • The projected modal switch from car, coach and short-haul flights to rail remains very modest, despite all the evidence available from high-speed introductions elsewhere.2020 May 6, Jim Steer, “Full Business Case offers fresh insight into HS2's prospects”, in Rail, page 50

Forms of short-haul

comparativeshorter-haul
superlativeshortest-haul
alternative formshort haul

Questions about short-haul

What does short-haul mean?
Short-haul means traveling or involving a short distance.
What part of speech is short-haul?
Short-haul is an adjective.

Words near short-haul in the dictionary

  1. short-hand
  2. short-handed
  3. short-handedly
  4. short-handedness
  5. short-hands
  6. short-haul
  7. short-head seahorse
  8. short-head seahorses
  9. short-horned grasshopper
  10. short-legged
  11. short-leggedness

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