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entry word pronunciation & syllables part of speech meaning
freckle (frek' ul) noun a small brown dot on the skin, often the face.
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entry word pronunciation & syllables part of speech meaning
freckle (frek' ul) noun a small brown dot on the skin, often the face.
When you looking up a definition in a dictionary, you are looking up an entry word. An entry word is normally printed in bold. Most entry words appear with listed endings. For example, you would look up the following word; country, not countries, stop, not stopping; and smile, not smiled.
