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Clover Pronunciation
Clover is pronounced KLOH-ver, IPA /ˈkloʊvɝ/.
KLOH-ver
US /ˈkloʊvɝ/ · UK /ˈkləʊvə/
Syllables: KLOH · ver (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A low meadow plant with three rounded leaves on each stalk, grown for grazing.
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Clover in a Sentence
- The field was thick with clover by June.
- She spent an hour looking for a four-leaf clover.
- Bees work the clover all afternoon.
Common Mispronunciations of Clover
Not KLAH-ver
This o is the long oh of go, so the opening beat rhymes with stove.
Not kloh-VER
Lead on the first beat and let the ending murmur. British speakers leave the r unsounded and finish on KLOH-vuh.
Tip: To be in clover is to be comfortably well off, an image borrowed from cattle fattening in a clover field.
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