how to pronounce cutlery

/ˈkʌt.ləɹ.i/

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cutlery is pronounced in three syllables

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kʌtləɹi

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

“… evening wear silver cutlery and crisp …”

meanings of cutlery

noun:

  1. A collective ensemble of eating and serving utensils such as knives, forks and spoons.
  2. The business of a cutler.

cutlery frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word cutlery occurs in english on average 3.2 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.

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