excrescence
/ɪkˈskrɛs(ə)ns/
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American sound/ɪkˈskrɛs(ə)ns/
ɪkˈskrɛsəns
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ɪk - ˈskrɛsəns -> excrescence
Myanmar meaning
(n) (အကောင်) အဖုအကျိတ်လုံး။ (အပင်) အဆစ်အမျက်လုံး။
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excrescence /Çk'skresns/ n (fml )
(အကောင်) အဖုအကျိတ်လုံး။ (အပင်) အဆစ်အမျက်လုံး။
(fig ) The new office block is an excrescence (ie It is very ugly).
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- excrescence /Çk'skresns/ n ( fml ) (အကောင်) အဖုအကျိတ်လုံး။ (အပင်) အဆစ်အမျက်လုံး။ ( fig ) The new office block is an excrescence (ie It is very ugly).
Synonyms
outgrowth, growth, carbuncle, blot, monstrosity, accretion, enlargement, eyesore, knob, lump, pimple, protuberance, wart
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