Pronunciation
How to pronounce “surface”
“surface” is pronounced /sɜːfɪs/ — 2 syllables.
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surface
/sɜːfɪs/
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2 syllables. Stress the 'sɜːf' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.Meaning
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
“there is a special cleaner for these surfaces”
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