emmet
pronunciation
How to pronounce emmet in British English:
UK ['emɪt]
How to pronounce emmet in American English:
US ['emɪt]
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- Noun:
- social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
Word Origin
- emmet (n.)
- "ant," from Old English æmete (see ant), surviving as a dialect word in parts of England; also, according to OED, in Cornwall a colloquial name for holiday tourists.
Example
- 1. Can help us find emmet ?
- 2. Have you seen emmet ? Where is he ?
- 3. So emmet , will people be able to write in to help you withyour chinese ?
- 4. Us district judge emmet g. sullivan concluded that federal officials were within their authority in a rule allowing " incidental " harm to polar bears that might occur in the arctic as a result of oil and gas activities .