how to pronounce driftwood

/ˈdɹɪftˌwʊd/

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driftwood is pronounced in two syllables

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dɹɪftwʊd

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meanings of driftwood

noun:

  1. A floating piece, or pieces, of wood that drifts with the current.
  2. Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.

driftwood frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word driftwood occurs in english on average 1.2 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 driftwood 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 driftwood can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to driftwood

drifteddriftingdriftssoftwooddriftdrafteddrifter

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