What does long oo mean?

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long oo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

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noun

The vowel sound /uː/, as in the word "mood" as contrasted with "good".

long oo's (plural)

long o short o long a short a long e short e long i short i

short oo

What does long oo mean?: The vowel sound /uː/, as in the word "mood" as contrasted with "good".

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