how to pronounce drizzle

/ˈdɹɪz.əl/

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drizzle is pronounced in two syllables

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dɹɪzəl

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

“… you are going to drizzle dip dress with …”

meanings of drizzle

verb:

  1. To cover by pouring in this manner.
  2. To rain lightly.
  3. To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
  4. To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking.
  5. To urinate.
  6. To carry out parfilage, the process of unravelling.

noun:

  1. Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.
  2. A cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner.
  3. Light rain.
  4. Water.

drizzle frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word drizzle occurs in english on average 2.5 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 drizzle 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 drizzle can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

words with pronunciation similar to drizzle

grizzledribblefrizzledrivelbrittledamselprismtripledibblejiggle

words that rhyme with drizzle

grizzlesizzlechiselfizzle

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