how to pronounce pulpit

/ˈpʊl.pɪt/

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pulpit is pronounced in two syllables

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pʊlpɪt

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

“… abusing the bully pulpit and with our …”

meanings of pulpit

noun:

  1. A plane's cockpit.
  2. A bow platform for harpooning.
  3. A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker.
  4. The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a stern pulpit; other texts use the term pushpit.
  5. Activity performed from a church pulpit, in other words, preaching, sermons, religious teaching, the preaching profession, preachers collectively or an individual preaching position; by extension: bully pulpit.
  6. A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.

pulpit frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word pulpit occurs in english on average 2.8 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 pulpit 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 pulpit can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;

words with pronunciation similar to pulpit

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