how to pronounce doily

/ˈdɔɪ.li/

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doily is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… a man named edward doily had to get …”

meanings of doily

noun:

An old kind of woollen material.
A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.

doily frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

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

1) life, nature, and living environment;