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How to pronounce milled

Say it like MILD. Milled is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/mɪld/MILD
UK British/mɪld/MILD
  • MILD
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Milled pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. MILDSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "i" in sit.

American vs British pronunciation of milled

American and British speakers say milled in essentially the same way: /mɪld/ in the US and /mɪld/ in the UK.

British respelling: MILD.

What does milled mean?

adjective
  1. Ground by a mill.“Coarsely milled maize is termed cornmeal, but when finely milled and sifted it is called corn flour.”
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of mill How to pronounce mill

Similar and opposite words

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Words that rhyme with milled

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Questions about saying milled

How do you pronounce milled?

Say MILD. The American pronunciation is /mɪld/. In British English it is /mɪld/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in milled?

Milled is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: MILD.

Do Americans and Brits say milled the same way?

Almost exactly. The American form is /mɪld/ and the British form is /mɪld/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.

Pronunciation from CMUdict; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).