how to pronounce barnacle

/ˈbɑːɹnəkəl/

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barnacle is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of barnacle in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… in the barnacle bulletin and basically …”

meanings of barnacle

noun:

The barnacle goose.
In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
A pair of spectacles.
A worldly sailor.
An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
A good job, or snack easily obtained.
A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.

verb:

To press close against something.
To connect with or attach.

barnacle frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word barnacle occurs in english on average 0.3 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 barnacle can be related to

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