how to pronounce asphodel
/ˈæsfədɛl/
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asphodel is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of asphodel in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… if I added powdered root of asphodel to …”
meanings of asphodel
noun:
- The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.
- Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants.
asphodel frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word asphodel occurs in english on average 0.1 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 asphodel 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 asphodel can be often used in the following areas:
1) life, nature, and living environment;
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