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shut to move into position to close an opening The first known use: before the 12th century |
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4 Letters, 1 Syllable |
shut |
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3 Phonemes |
S uh t |
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onset, rime |
sh ut |
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Morpheme |
shut |
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Sentence Examples He shut his eyes and went to sleep. She shut the book loudly. I accidentally shut the door on her fingers. The door shut slowly behind me. The owner is shutting the pub for the weekend. They plan to shut the factory by the end of the year. She listened to the music with her eyes shut. Check to make sure that all the windows are shut. |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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