how to pronounce hemp

/hɛmp/

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hemp is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… cultivated hemp as early as 650 ad none …”

meanings of hemp

noun:

A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.

name:

A surname.

hemp frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hemp occurs in english on average 1.1 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.