Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: shunt
IPA transcription: [ʃ'ʌnt]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: shunt
    Meaning: a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"
  • Synonyms: shunt, electrical_shunt, bypass
    Meaning: a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: shunt
    Meaning: transfer to another track, of trains
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