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How to pronounce “seam”

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Pronunciation guide for seam

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of seam with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: A Band of Misfitsthat's really sort of diving in on the hands of a lefty – that's sort of a two seam fastball.
Definition summary: (sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.

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A Band of Misfits

that's really sort of diving in on the hands of a lefty – that's sort of a two seam fastball.

[Noun]
(sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
A suture.
(geology) A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
(cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
(construction, nautical) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
(figurative) A line of junction; a joint.
[Verb]
To put together with a seam.
To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
To crack open along a seam.
(cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
(cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.