How to pronounce "bleached"

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Phonetic Breakdown of "bleached"

Learn how to break down "bleached" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.

Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:

/bliːtʃt/
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IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

B L IY1 CH T
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Pronunciation Tips:

  • Stress the first syllable
  • Pay attention to vowel sounds
  • Practice each syllable separately

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Definition of "bleached"

Pronunciation: /bliːtʃt/

Verb

  • To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
  • To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
  • (of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
    Example: "Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed."
  • To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
    Example: "semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles"

Adjective

  • Whitened; made white using bleach
    Example: "Bleached cotton"
  • Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.
  • Having the hair lightened by bleaching.

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