how to pronounce bagpipes
/ˈbæɡ.paɪps/
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bagpipes is pronounced in two syllables
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video examples of bagpipes pronunciation
An example use of bagpipes in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… and listen to the bagpipes I can hear …”
meanings of bagpipes
noun:
- A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
bagpipes frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word bagpipes 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 bagpipes 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 bagpipes can be often used in the following areas:
1) leisure and entertainment;
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