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How to pronounce “rookery

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Pronunciation guide for rookery

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of rookery with real speech in context.
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2 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Captain Charles Moore on the seas of plastic 7 minutes, 21 secondsIsla San Roque is an uninhabited bird rookery
Definition summary
A colony of breeding birds or other animals.

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How to pronounce rookery

Captain Charles Moore on the seas of plastic 7 minutes, 21 seconds

Isla San Roque is an uninhabited bird rookery

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “rookery

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A colony of breeding birds or other animals.
  • (by extension) A crowded tenement.
  • (British, historical, by extension) A place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city.
  • (military, slang, obsolete) That part of the barracks occupied by subalterns.

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