how to pronounce shamrock

/ˈʃæm.ɹɒk/

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shamrock is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… infamous flying shamrock spitfires …”

meanings of shamrock

noun:

Any of several small plants, forms of clover, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens.
The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.

shamrock frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word shamrock 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.