how to pronounce shrike

/ʃɹaɪk/

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shrike is pronounced in one syllable

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meanings of shrike

noun:

Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.

shrike frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word shrike occurs in english on average 0.1 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 shrike 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 shrike can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;