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lot-cloth split

lot-cloth split noun: a phonemic split, in some varieties of English without the cot-caught merger, in which the vowel in words like "cloth" and "off" is pronounced with the same vowel as in "thought", as opposed to the vowel used in "lot".

Noun

lot-cloth split

  1. A phonemic split, in some varieties of English without the cot-caught merger, in which the vowel in words like "cloth" and "off" is pronounced with the same vowel as in "thought", as opposed to the vowel used in "lot".

Questions about lot-cloth split

What does lot-cloth split mean?
Lot-cloth split means a phonemic split, in some varieties of English without the cot-caught merger, in which the vowel in words like "cloth" and "off" is pronounced with the same vowel as in "thought", as opposed to the vowel used in "lot".
What part of speech is lot-cloth split?
Lot-cloth split is a noun.

Words near lot-cloth split in the dictionary

  1. lot mead
  2. lot number
  3. lot numbers
  4. Lot of Fortune
  5. Lot's wife
  6. lot-cloth split
  7. Lot-et-Garonne
  8. lota
  9. lotacracy
  10. LOTAD
  11. LoTAG

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