how to pronounce russet

/ˈɹʌs.ɪt/

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russet is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… beautiful red russet in there once the …”

meanings of russet

adjective:

  1. Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.
  2. Gray or ash-colored.
  3. Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russeted.
  4. Having a reddish-brown color.
  5. The condition of leather when its treatment is complete, but it is not yet colored (stained) and polished.

noun:

  1. A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.
  2. A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
  3. A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.
  4. A reddish-brown color.

verb:

  1. To develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting.

russet frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word russet occurs in english on average 0.9 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 russet 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 russet can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to russet

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words that rhyme with russet

gusset

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