how to pronounce hamster

/ˈhæm.stəɹ/

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hamster is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… was able to revive a hamster that had …”

meaning of hamster

A hamster is a small rodent that is kept as a pet.

hamster frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

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

1) education, science, and technology;

2) life, nature, and living environment;