how to pronounce smother

/ˈsmʌð.əɹ/

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smother is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… you know this if we had to smother a …”

meaning of smother

Smother means to cover completely, to suffocate.

smother frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

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

1) business and work;