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“Fraise” or “Frays” or “Phrase”

fraise / frays / phrase are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

fraise

  • nouna ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century.
  • nounsloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes.

frays

  • verbwear away by rubbing.

phrase f·r·EY·z

  • nounan expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence.
  • nouna short musical passage.
  • noundance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence.
  • verbdivide, combine, or mark into phrases.
Usage

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“fraise”

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“frays”

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“phrase”

  • …name to also fit the phrase, "最美的風景是人心", meaning "The most beautiful…
  • Suo jure is a Latin phrase, used in English to mean…
  • …her own right”, as the phrase is normally used of women;…
  • …interpretation derived partly from a phrase in the Book of Jeremiah,…
  • …by the type of Noun Phrase (henceforth “NP”) they appear in…
  • Other runestones using this phrase include the now-lost U 243…
  • …version adds the advertising catch phrase "Sold, American!"
  • Noun phrase
  • …i hvitavadhum, an Old Norse phrase which is usually translated as…
  • …/-ø/ to the S noun phrase or attach the third person…

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