How to pronounce skerry
American English pronunciation
SKAIR-ee
- IPA
- /ˈskɛɹi/
- Syllables
- SKAIR · ee (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What skerry means
A small rocky island in the sea, often covered at high tide
In a sentence: Seals lay sunning themselves on the skerry until the tide crept up.
Where it comes from: It comes from the local speech of Shetland and Orkney, from an Old Norse word for a rock in the sea.
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