English pronunciation · Words Starting with B
Bare Pronunciation
Bare is pronounced BER, IPA /ˈbɛr/.
BER
US /ˈbɛr/ · UK /ˈbeə/
Syllables: BER (1 syllable)
adjective and verb: Without covering or decoration, or to uncover something.
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Bare in a Sentence
- The walls were bare except for one photograph.
- He walked across the gravel in bare feet.
- The dog bared its teeth and backed away.
Common Mispronunciations of Bare
Not BAH-reh
Rare and stare rhyme with this word exactly, and all three hold at a single beat.
Not BAHR
Bar keeps a long ah well back in the mouth, while this word keeps its vowel forward, where fair and chair keep theirs.
Tip: Bare means uncovered and bear is the animal or the verb. The two are among the most confused spellings in English.
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