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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

delved

/dɛlvd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables
delved
IPA
/dɛlvd/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of delve

Derived Forms

undelved

Rhymes With

shelved

Questions

How do you pronounce delved?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɛlvd/.
What does delved mean?
simple past and past participle of delve

How to pronounce delved

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