how to pronounce crud

/ˈkɹʌd/

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crud is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… a luggage crud so it's not only national …”

meaning of crud

Crud is a word for something that is disgusting or unpleasant.

crud frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word crud occurs in english on average 0.8 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 crud 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 crud can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) life, nature, and living environment;