how to pronounce carbuncle

/ˈkɑː.bʌŋ.kəl/

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carbuncle is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… saw an embossed carbuncle in my …”

meanings of carbuncle

noun:

A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by bacterial infection.
An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.
A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.

carbuncle frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word carbuncle 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 carbuncle 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 carbuncle can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

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