how to pronounce souse

/saʊs/

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souse is pronounced in one syllable

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meanings of souse

noun:

  1. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
  2. A pickle made with salt.
  3. A heavy blow.
  4. The act of sousing, or swooping.
  5. A sou (the French coin).
  6. A small amount.
  7. The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
  8. Something kept or steeped in brine.
  9. A person suffering from alcoholism.
  10. The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.

verb:

  1. To fall heavily.
  2. To pounce upon.
  3. To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
  4. To strike, beat.
  5. To steep in brine; to pickle.

souse frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word souse occurs in english on average 0 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 souse 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 souse can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;

words with pronunciation similar to souse

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