BART

See also: bart, Bart, bárt, bärt, and bārt

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɑɹt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑːt/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
• Homophones: Bart, baht (non-rhotic)

Proper noun

BART

1. Acronym of Bay Area Rapid Transit.
   • 2022, Namwali Serpell, The Furrows, Hogarth, page 187:

     I walk down to the BART station and catch the train back to the city and it’s night by the time it rises up from the tunnels under Oakland.

   • 2023 February 19, Michelle Watson, “Bay Area Rapid Transit running limited service to Oakland Airport due to power outage”, in CNN‎:

     “Oakland Airport Connector service is running limited service due to a power outage. Shuttles will depart every 18 minutes,” BART said in a 2:38 p.m. PST update.

Verb

BART (third-person singular simple present BARTs, present participle BARTing, simple past and past participle BARTed)

1. To use Bay Area Rapid Transit, to ride on BART.

Anagrams

• BRAT, T-bar, brat