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# How to pronounce "microbead" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/mɪkrɒbɪːd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **mi·cro·bead**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- A microscopic bead of plastic used as an exfoliant in personal care products.
  - *Example*: "At the microplastic scale, bans of microbeads in wash-off personal care products are now widespread globally."

### Example Sentences
- "At the microplastic scale, bans of microbeads in wash-off personal care products are now widespread globally."
- "Microbeads are tiny plastic particles found in products like toothpastes and body scrubs, which can enter and pollute rivers, seas and the human body."
- "as microbeads have even been found inside the human body and can be passed from mother to child through breast milk. And"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "microbead" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: UK*
> "before being thrown away. Microbeads are tiny plastic particles found in products like toothpastes and body scrubs, which can enter and pollute rivers, seas and the human body. The adjective synthetic describes a non-natural material made by combining chemicals."
- **Watch at 5:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpxwlItsDA8&t=320s)

### Example 2
*Accent: UK*
> "as microbeads have even been found inside the human body and can be passed from mother to child through breast milk. And"
- **Watch at 1:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpxwlItsDA8&t=72s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "These microbeads, these designed microplastics which you cannot recycle at all, that's a design that needs to be changed."
- **Watch at 36:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc0J8phCD0s&t=2204s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "Then the microbeads neutralize the bad stuff."
- **Watch at 8:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVAaXikhVEw&t=508s)

### Example 5
> "We were talking about on microbeads, which are the little plastic beads that are used in personal care products."
- **Watch at 6:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y80bAvdDWEk&t=406s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "So when we were doing the microbeads campaign, Marcus, who's also a sculptor, created this piece called "Anthropocene." It's pretty massive."
- **Watch at 44:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc0J8phCD0s&t=2670s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "You’d just have to customize the microbeads to work on different contaminants."
- **Watch at 8:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVAaXikhVEw&t=531s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "- A tiny particle of plastic the size of a microbead may look like a fish egg for many different organisms."
- **Watch at 35:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc0J8phCD0s&t=2145s)

### Example 9
*Accent: US*
> "These students at UCLA spent three months getting microbeads out of their student store."
- **Watch at 39:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc0J8phCD0s&t=2356s)

### Example 10
> "page is that I like to have a lot of variety I don't like you to stick to clear slime or white glue I know for people who don't know slime this may seem like crazy here I have a bunch of pigments glitter and microbeads some cents lots of foam beads that I buy online foaming hand soap lotion contact lens solution shaving cream"
- **Watch at 0:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h1dss693jA&t=58s)


## How to Pronounce "microbead"

- **Syllables**: mi · cro · bead
- **IPA**: `/mɪkrɒbɪːd/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[microbeam](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/microbeam), [microbear](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/microbear), [microbend](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/microbend), [microband](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/microband), [microbar](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/microbar), [microbat](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/microbat), [microbe](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/microbe), [microbeer](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/microbeer)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “microbead”?
“microbead” is pronounced /mɪkrɒbɪːd/ (mi · cro · bead). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “microbead”?
“microbead” has 3 syllables: mi · cro · bead.

### What does “microbead” mean?
A microscopic bead of plastic used as an exfoliant in personal care products.

### How can I hear “microbead” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “microbead” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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