how to pronounce rook

/ˈɹʊk/

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rook is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… award rook of the year of the company …”

meaning of rook

A rook is a chess piece.

rook frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word rook occurs in english on average 1 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 rook 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 rook can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;