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durra

dur·ra
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [doo r-uh]
    • /ˈdʊər ə/
    • /dˈʌrə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [doo r-uh]
    • /ˈdʊər ə/

Definitions of durra word

  • noun durra a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S. 1
  • noun durra Grain sorghum of the principal variety grown from northeastern Africa to India. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of durra Description language for coarse-grained concurrency on heterogeneous processors. "Durra: A Task-level Description Language", M.R. Barbacci et al, CMU/SEI-86-TR-3, CMU 1986. 1
  • noun durra an Old World variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare durra, with erect hairy flower spikes and round seeds: cultivated for grain and fodder 0
  • noun durra a variety of grain-producing sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) widely grown in Asia and Africa 0
  • noun durra A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet. 0

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Origin of durra

First appearance:

before 1790
One of the 43% newest English words
1790-1800; < Arabic dhura(h)

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Parts of speech for Durra

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

durra popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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