how to pronounce herb

/hɜːb/

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herb is pronounced in one syllable

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ɜː

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

“… Nigel I I would have liked of herb they …”

meaning of herb

Herb is a plant that is used for cooking or medicine.

herb frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word herb occurs in english on average 3.7 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.