how to pronounce fettle

/ˈfɛt.əl/

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fettle is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… introducing fettle a superior tonic for …”

meanings of fettle

noun:

One's mental state; spirits.
A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
A seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces.
Sand used to line a furnace.
A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
The act of fettling.

verb:

To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
To be upset or in a bad mood.
In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
To prepare.

fettle frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word fettle occurs in english on average 0.3 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 fettle 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 fettle can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;