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r-dropping

r-dropping noun: the omission of the sound of a letter "r" after a vowel.

Noun

r-dropping (uncountable)

  1. The omission of the sound of a letter "r" after a vowel.

Questions about r-dropping

What does r-dropping mean?
R-dropping means the omission of the sound of a letter "r" after a vowel.
What part of speech is r-dropping?
R-dropping is a noun.

Words near r-dropping in the dictionary

  1. R-colour
  2. R-coloured vowel
  3. R-coloured vowels
  4. R-CPD
  5. R-Day
  6. r-dropping
  7. R-EPOCH
  8. R-expression
  9. R-expressions
  10. r-less
  11. R-module

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