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How to pronounce “spruce”
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Pronunciation guide for spruce
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of spruce with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Craftsmanship of Fine Guitars
This is darker than the spruce.
- Definition summary
- Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
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How to pronounce spruce
The Craftsmanship of Fine Guitars
This is darker than the spruce.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “spruce”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
- (uncountable) The wood of a spruce.
- (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
- (obsolete) Prussian leather; pruce.
- [Adjective]
- (comparable) Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).
- [Verb]
- (usually with up) To arrange neatly; tidy up.
- (ambitransitive, usually with up) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
- To tease. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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