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How to pronounce “becket”
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Pronunciation guide for becket
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of becket with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- TEDTalks: Joshua Prince-Ramus (2006) 20 minutes
meant that for Becket they could blow
- Definition summary
- (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
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How to pronounce becket
TEDTalks: Joshua Prince-Ramus (2006) 20 minutes
meant that for Becket they could blow
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “becket”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
- (nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end.[1] Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
- (sewing) A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
- (nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
- An eye in the end of a rope.
- (nautical, slang) A pocket in clothing.
- A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
- (England, dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
- (obsolete) chough (the bird)
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