how to pronounce grapefruit
/ˈɡɹɛɪpˌfɹut/
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grapefruit is pronounced in two syllables
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An example use of grapefruit in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… and a pomelo grapefruit for Yoko became …”
meanings of grapefruit
noun:
- The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of pomelo (Citrus maxima) and sweet orange.
- The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.
grapefruit frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR
the word grapefruit occurs in english on average 4.6 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 grapefruit 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 grapefruit can be often used in the following areas:
1) food and health;
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