how to pronounce horses

/ˈhɔːɹsəz/

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horses is pronounced in two syllables

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ɔː

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

“… put them up on saw horses and so we went …”

meanings of horses

noun:

Horsepower.
Plural of horse.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horse.

horses frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word horses occurs in english on average 27.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.