how to pronounce bloodhound

/ˈblʌdhaʊnd/

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bloodhound is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… changed forever buck my bloodhound came …”

meaning of bloodhound

Bloodhound is a type of dog that is used to track people by scent.

bloodhound frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bloodhound 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.