how to pronounce gore

/ɡɔːɹ/

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gore is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… cavalcade of gore the biggest factor to …”

meanings of gore

noun:

A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.^Wp.
Murder, bloodshed, violence.
A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe.
A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
Dirt; mud; filth.
One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
A projecting point.
An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.

verb:

To provide with a gore.
To cut in a triangular form.
To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
To pierce with the horn.

name:

A surname.
Gore Water, a minor tributary in Scotland which flows through Gorebridge to the River South Esk.
A town in eastern Southland, New Zealand, situated on the Mataura River.

gore frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word gore occurs in english on average 2.8 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.