how to pronounce pilchard

/ˈpɪl.tʃəd/

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pilchard is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… what's the pilchard well pilchards are …”

meanings of pilchard

noun:

Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.

pilchard frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pilchard occurs in english on average 0.2 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 pilchard 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 pilchard can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;