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How to pronounce “incense”

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Pronunciation guide for incense

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of incense with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Why Thinking About Death Helps You Live a Better Lifeand smell very faintly, nag champa amber incense,
Definition summary
Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.

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How to pronounce incense

Why Thinking About Death Helps You Live a Better Life

and smell very faintly, nag champa amber incense,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “incense”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.
  • The fragrant smoke released by burning incense (sense 1).
  • (figurative) Homage; adulation.
  • [Verb]
  • (obsolete, transitive) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
  • (transitive) To anger or infuriate.
  • (archaic, transitive) To incite, stimulate.
  • (transitive) To offer incense to.
  • (transitive) To perfume with, or as with, incense.

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