slender
/ˈslɛndə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈslɛndə/
slender
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
slen - der -> slender
Myanmar meaning
(adj) (က) ကျစ်လျစ်သော။ သွယ်သော။ လျသော။ သိမ်သော။ (ခ) သေးသွယ်သော။ မဖြစ်စလောက်။ ပါးရှားသော။ သိုးကာသီကာမျှ။
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slender /'slendå(r)/ adj (-er , -est )
၁။ (က) (approv ) ကျစ်လျစ် သော။ သွယ်သော။ လျသော။ သိမ်သော။ a slender girl/figure/waist ❍ slender fingers. ❍ THIN (ခ) သေးသွယ်သော။
a wineglass with a slender stem.
၂။ မဖြစ်စလောက်။ ပါးရှားသော။ သိုးကာ သီကာမျှ။ slender resources/hopes ❍ people of slender means (ie with little money) ❍ win by a slender margin/majority.
slenderness n [U]
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slim, slight, lean, trim, willowy, abstemious, acicular, aciculate, delicate, faint, feeble, fragile, frail, frugal, gracile, inconsiderable, lank, lanky, lissome, lithe, lithesome, little, meager, minute, narrow, outside, plain, remote, scant, skinny, small, spare, spindling, svelte, tenuous, thin, trivial, weak, wiry, wispy
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