How to pronounce quickset
American English pronunciation
KWIK-set
- IPA
- /ˈkwɪkˌsɛt/
- Syllables
- KWIK · set (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What quickset means
A hedge grown from living cuttings set in the ground
In a sentence: The farmer planted a quickset of hawthorn to keep the sheep in the field.
Where it comes from: It joins quick, an old word meaning alive, with set, meaning to plant.
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