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How to pronounce “mummy”

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Pronunciation guide for mummy

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of mummy with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Halting Stateit's the mummy lobe
Definition summary: (countable) An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes. [from 17th c.]

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Halting State

it's the mummy lobe

[Noun]
(countable) An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes. [from 17th c.]
(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]
(countable, by extension) Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body. [from 18th c.]
(countable, uncountable, now rare) A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc. [from 19th c.]
(uncountable, now rare) A pulp. [from 17th c.]
(uncountable, medicine, now historical) A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh. [from 14th c.]
(uncountable, horticulture, obsolete) A sort of wax used in grafting. [18th c.]
[Verb]
(transitive, dated) To mummify.