how to pronounce furrow

/ˈfʌɹ.əʊ/

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furrow is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… localized to the cribbage furrow during …”

meanings of furrow

noun:

Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.

verb:

To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
To wrinkle.
To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).

name:

A surname.

furrow frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word furrow occurs in english on average 1.3 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 furrow 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 furrow can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) life, nature, and living environment;