Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sounded the alarm

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
sound-ed the alarm
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does sounded the alarm mean?
simple past and past participle of sound the alarm

How to pronounce sounded the alarm

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