English pronunciation · Words Starting with B
Boar Pronunciation
Boar is pronounced BAWR, IPA /ˈbɔr/.
BAWR
US /ˈbɔr/ · UK /ˈbɔː/
Syllables: BAWR (1 syllable)
noun: A wild pig, or an uncastrated male domestic pig.
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Boar in a Sentence
- A boar crossed the track ahead of us.
- Wild boar are back in several English counties.
- The farm keeps one boar and twelve sows.
Common Mispronunciations of Boar
Not BOOR
Round the vowel to the aw of saw, which lines the word up with bore rather than boor.
Not BOH-ahr
Let the oa and the r run together in one sound, so the word stays a single beat.
Tip: Boar and bore are said the same way, and so is the bore of a gun barrel.
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