How to pronounce turnover
American English pronunciation
TURN-oh-vur
- IPA
- /ˈtɝnoʊvɚ/
- Syllables
- TURN · oh · vur (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What turnover means
Most people know turnover in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A small pie made by folding dough over fruit
In a sentence: The bakery sells warm apple turnovers with a sprinkle of sugar on top.
Where it comes from: It comes from turn over, because the baker turns half of a round of dough over onto the other half to hold the filling.
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