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How to pronounce “lump”

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Pronunciation guide for lump

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of lump with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: 3 myths about the future of work (and why they're not true)are committing something known as the lump of labor fallacy.
Definition summary: Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.

Example 1 of 8

3 myths about the future of work (and why they're not true)

are committing something known as the lump of labor fallacy.

[Noun]
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
A group, set, or unit.
A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
A dull or lazy person.
A fat person.
(informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
(obsolete, slang) Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
(obsolete, slang) The workhouse.
[Verb]
(transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
(transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
(transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
(transitive, slang) To hit or strike (a person).
(intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.