How to pronounce pollute
American English pronunciation
puh-LOOT
- IPA
- /pəˈlut/
- Syllables
- puh · LOOT (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What pollute means
To make air, water, or land dirty and unsafe
In a sentence: Smoke from the old factory polluted the air over the town.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning "to make dirty."
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