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Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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clamshell

noun, verb

Forms clamshells clamshelling clamshelled

  1. noun The shell of a clam.
  2. noun Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.
  3. noun A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.
  4. noun In food service, the closing box (usually styrofoam but sometimes cardboard) given to consumers with takeout food.
  5. noun A hinged case for a video tape, cassette tape, or video game cartridge.
  6. noun (dated, US, slang, derogatory) A person's mouth. “Shut your clamshell!”
  7. noun (often attributive) Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam.
  8. noun (music) An amphitheater, especially an outdoor amphitheater; the semi-circular acoustic backdrop behind and above the performers.
  9. verb (manufacturing) To deform a die in a shape resembling the shell of a clam, as a result of uneven extrusion pressure.
  10. verb To dig out by means of a clamshell (dredging bucket).
  11. verb To compress or flatten underwater debris so as to avoid blocking a channel.
  12. verb (ambitransitive) To open or close by means of a hinge, similar to the way a clamshell opens and closes.

Synonyms

bandshell grapple

Etymology

From clam + shell.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “clamshell”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details