how to pronounce mull

/ˈmʌl/

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mull is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… saying and really Mull that over so I …”

meanings of mull

noun:

An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
A thin, soft muslin.
A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
A promontory.
Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
Dirt; rubbish.
The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

verb:

To powder; to pulverize.
To dull or stupefy.
To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
To heat and spice something, such as wine.

name:

An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.

mull frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word mull occurs in english on average 1.3 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.