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Meaning of trap-bath split | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈtɹæp ˈbɑːθ ˌsplɪt

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A vowel split in some varieties of English (such as British English as spoken in southern England, American English spoken in Boston, and Australian, New Zealand and South African English) in which the phoneme /æ/ (AHD: ă), as pronounced in other varieties of English, is pronounced in some words as /ɑː/ (AHD: ä).

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