how to pronounce bagpipes

/ˈbæɡˌpaɪps/

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bagpipes is pronounced in two syllables

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bæɡpaɪps

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meanings of bagpipes

noun:

  1. A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.

bagpipes frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bagpipes occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bagpipes can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bagpipes can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

words with pronunciation similar to bagpipes

bagpipermagpie

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