how to pronounce rat

/ˈɹæt/

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rat is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… process in the naked mole rat brain and …”

meaning of rat

A rat is a small rodent.

rat frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word rat occurs in english on average 9.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics rat 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 rat can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;