How to pronounce gunny
American English pronunciation
GUN-ee
- IPA
- /ˈɡʌni/
- Syllables
- GUN · ee (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What gunny means
Rough, heavy cloth made of jute, used for sacks
In a sentence: The farmer stitched a sack from gunny and filled it with dried beans.
Where it comes from: It came into English from a Hindi word for sacking, which goes back to an older word from India.
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