How to pronounce tumbrel
American English pronunciation
TUM-brul
- IPA
- /ˈtʌmbɹəl/
- Syllables
- TUM · brul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What tumbrel means
A sturdy two-wheeled cart used on farms
In a sentence: The farmer hauled hay to the barn in an old tumbrel.
Where it comes from: No one is sure where it came from. It is an old spelling variant of "tumbril," another name for the same cart.
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