how to pronounce thorns

/ˈθɔːɹnz/

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thorns is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of thorns in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… of thorns is into four categories of the …”

meanings of thorns

noun:

Plural of thorn.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thorn.

thorns frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word thorns occurs in english on average 2.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics thorns can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that thorns can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;