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How to pronounce “velvet”

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Pronunciation guide for velvet

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of velvet with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Why Autism Is Often Missed in Women and GirlsAll I could think about was the velvet upholstery of the chairs
Definition summary: A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.

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Why Autism Is Often Missed in Women and Girls

All I could think about was the velvet upholstery of the chairs

[Noun]
A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
(rare, countable) A female chinchilla; a sow.
(slang, uncountable) The drug dextromethorphan.
(slang, uncountable) Money acquired by gambling.
[Verb]
To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
(cooking) To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.
(figurative, transitive) To soften; to mitigate.
(of a cat's claws) to retract.
[Adjective]
Made of velvet.
Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
(politics) Peaceful; carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.

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