how to pronounce scarecrow

/ˈskɛə.kɹəʊ/

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scarecrow is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… it's not a scarecrow at all it's a human …”

meaning of scarecrow

A scarecrow is a type of a person who is dressed in old clothes and is used to scare away birds from a field.

scarecrow frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word scarecrow occurs in english on average 0.5 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.