how to pronounce aerosol

/ˈɛə.ɹə.sɒl/

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aerosol is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of aerosol in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in it use aerosol butter yeah spreadable …”

meanings of aerosol

noun:

The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
An aerosol can.

verb:

To spray with an aerosol.

aerosol frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word aerosol occurs in english on average 1.6 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.