how to pronounce cottonwood

/ˈkɑːtənˌwʊd/

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cottonwood is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… south of the Cottonwood church we called …”

meanings of cottonwood

name:

A ghost town in Yolo County, California.
A city in Kaufman County, Texas.
A census-designated place in Shasta County, California.
A surname.
A town in Houston County, Alabama.
A former CDP and unincorporated community in Douglas County, Colorado, mostly now incorporated into the town of Parker.
A small unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma.
An unincorporated community in Callahan County, Texas.
A city in Yavapai County, Arizona.
A city in Idaho County, Idaho.
An unincorporated community in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
An unincorporated community in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, United States.
A tiny town in Jackson County, South Dakota.
A city in Lyon County, Minnesota.

noun:

A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.
Cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family.
Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus.

cottonwood frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word cottonwood occurs in english on average 0.5 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 cottonwood can be related to

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1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) life, nature, and living environment;

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