how to pronounce yak

/ˈjæk/

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yak is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… alcohol unleash on yak or pure alcohol …”

meaning of yak

Yak is a type of animal.

yak frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word yak occurs in english on average 0.9 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 yak 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 yak can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;