bulge
/bʌldʒ/
US pronunciation
American sound/bʌldʒ/
bulge
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- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short u vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> bulge
Myanmar meaning
(n) ပူဖောင်းခြင်း။အဖောင်း။ကားထွက်သည်။ဖောင်းပွသည်။ဖောင်းပွအောင်လုပ်သည်။
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၁။ အဖု။ အဖောင်း။ စူထွက်သည့်နေရာ။ What's that bulge in your pocket?
၂။ (infml ) အရေအတွက် အခိုက်အတန့်တိုးလာခြင်း။ a population bulge ❍ After the war there was a bulge in the birth rate.
v ~ (out) (with sth) (esp in the continuous tenses) ပြူးနေသည်။ ပူနေသည်။ စူနေသည်။ ဖောင်းနေသည်။ bulging eyes ❍ I can't eat any more—my stomach's bulging. ❍ His pockets were bulging with apples. ❍ The lecture-hall was bulging with students. bulgy /'bʌldʒi/ adj
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protuberance, swell, swelling, knot, knob, lump, hump, prominence, projection, appendage, bag, bagginess, balloon, be full to bursting, be swollen, beetle, belly, bilge, billow, bloat, blob, bug out, bump, bunch, bunching, convexity, dilate, dilation, distend, distention, enlarge, excess, excrescence, expand, extrude, gibbosity, growth, intumescence, jut, nodulation, nodule, outgrowth, outthrust, overhang, poke, pop out, pouch, project outward, promontory, protrude, protrusion, protuberate, puff out, puff up, sac, sag, sagging, salience, salient, stand out, stick out, superfluity, swollen object, tuberosity, tumefaction, tumor, wart
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