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How to pronounce “festoon”

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Pronunciation guide for festoon

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of festoon with real speech in context.
Available examples: 4 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Bikes and Bloomers: Victorian Women Inventors...silk festoons, she called it-- over the hips, which,
Definition summary: An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.

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Bikes and Bloomers: Victorian Women Inventors...

silk festoons, she called it-- over the hips, which,

[Noun]
An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
(architecture) A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
A raised cable with light globes attached.
(astronomy) A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
(acarology) Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
(technology) A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
(manufacturing) Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
(dentistry) Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.
[Verb]
To decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
To make festoons.
To decorate or bedeck abundantly.
(dentistry, transitive) To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue.