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How to pronounce “crutch”

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Pronunciation guide for crutch

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of crutch with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: How Your Memory Works -- and Why Forgetting Is Totally OKYou're worried that Google is a high-tech crutch
Definition summary: A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

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How Your Memory Works -- and Why Forgetting Is Totally OK

You're worried that Google is a high-tech crutch

[Noun]
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
(nautical) A knee, or piece of knee timber.
(nautical) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.
(slang) An improvised device, usually made from a piece of cardboard, to hold the last end of a joint.
[Verb]
(transitive) To support on crutches; to prop up.
(intransitive) To move on crutches.
(transitive) To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.
(transitive, in soap-making) to stir with a crutch.

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