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cot-caught

cot-caught noun: a minimal pair or homophone pair demonstrating the vowels merged in the cot-caught merger.

Noun

cot-caught (uncountable)

  1. A minimal pair or homophone pair demonstrating the vowels merged in the cot-caught merger.

Phrases with cot-caught

Questions about cot-caught

What does cot-caught mean?
Cot-caught means a minimal pair or homophone pair demonstrating the vowels merged in the cot-caught merger.
What part of speech is cot-caught?
Cot-caught is a noun.

Words near cot-caught in the dictionary

  1. cosysop
  2. cosysops
  3. cot
  4. cot death
  5. cot deaths
  6. cot-caught
  7. cot-caught merged
  8. cot-caught merger
  9. cot-caught mergers
  10. cot-quean
  11. cot-queans

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