how to pronounce scrub

/skɹʌb/

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the above transcription of scrub is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

scrub is pronounced in one syllable

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video examples of scrub pronunciation

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

“… by robots so why don't you scrub up on …”

meaning of scrub

Scrub is a verb meaning to clean something with a rough brush or cloth.

scrub frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word scrub occurs in english on average 4.6 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 scrub 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 scrub can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;