How to pronounce blaze
American English pronunciation
BLAYZ
- IPA
- /ˈbleɪz/
- Syllables
- BLAYZ (1 syllable)
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What blaze means
Most people know blaze in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A mark cut or painted on a tree to show a trail
In a sentence: We followed the blue blazes on the tree trunks all the way to the waterfall.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed in 1639, perhaps from a Dutch or German word for a white spot on a horse's face. It is a different word from a blaze of fire.
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