how to pronounce prune

/pɹuːn/

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prune is pronounced in one syllable

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uː

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

“… and prune limbs are dolled up in …”

meaning of prune

Prune is a type of fruit.

prune frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word prune occurs in english on average 1.4 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 prune 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 prune can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;