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tugboats

/tˈʌɡbˌoʊts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
tug-boats
IPA
/tˈʌɡbˌoʊts/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of tugboat

Questions

How do you pronounce tugboats?
The recorded pronunciation is /tˈʌɡbˌoʊts/.
What does tugboats mean?
plural of tugboat

How to pronounce tugboats

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/tˈʌɡbˌoʊts/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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