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How to pronounce “callow

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Pronunciation guide for callow

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of callow with real speech in context.
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4 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance 18 minutesSo I don't mean stupidity, I don't mean a callow indifference
Definition summary
Of a person: having no hair; bald, bare, hairless.

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How to pronounce callow

Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance 18 minutes

So I don't mean stupidity, I don't mean a callow indifference

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “callow

Meaning

  • [Adjective]
  • Of a person: having no hair; bald, bare, hairless.
  • (masonry) Of a brick: unburnt.
  • (zoology)
  • (obsolete) Of land: having no vegetation; bare.
  • [Noun]
  • (entomology) Synonym of teneral (“an insect or other arthropod such as a spider which has just undergone ecdysis (“shedding of the exoskeleton”) and so lacks colour or firmness”).
  • (geology) An alluvial flat.
  • (UK, regional, mining, archaic) The upper layer of rubble in a quarry which has to be removed to reach the material to be mined.
  • (obsolete)

Practice Nearby Words

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