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# How to pronounce "turrel" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ˈtɝ.əl/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **tur·rel**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: A tool used primarily by coopers to bore holes.
  - *Example*: "If the foreign body is so firmly fixed as to resist traction, or if it is impossible to seize it, we will find it useful, if its composition will permit, to employ a gimlet or turrel, the instrument being introduced by gliding it along the left index finger."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (7 Video Clips)

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

### Example 1
> "Is it working? My sense is, not quite yet. James Turrell. These are the original, what they called phenomenological artists."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 35:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzLcC_7gnKc&t=2126s)

### Example 2
> "And these James Turrell paintings that were, or James Turrell installations that we love and stuff."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcbMeazPZaY&t=192s)

### Example 3
> "And then on the other hand this is James Turrell and one of his sky windows."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 36:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB8SlHBx8yc&t=2191s)

### Example 4
> "But for museums who still have rules about taking photos, it's hard to keep visitors from snapping pictures. Like this 2013 installation in the skylight of the Guggenheim Museum by James Turrell. The colors and simplicity made it serious Instagram bait. Thousands of people posted photos of it, even though the artist asked that no photos be taken"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx_r-dP22Ps&t=240s)

### Example 5
> "I can only say I'm grateful to be alive to experience them please welcome fanny how Eden McCutcheon Turrell"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 8:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO176S1zVLk&t=530s)

### Example 6
> "of my work. Like last summer, Jim Turrell, who I came up with, was given 92,000 square feet of museum space"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 40:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBuR47_WwFQ&t=2435s)

### Example 7
> "This is at P. S. 1 -- a sculpture that's basically a square room by James Turrell, that has a retractable ceiling."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 9:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZp-H9g_jeY&t=592s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [tuareg](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tuareg), [tuel](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tuel)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "turrel" correctly?
"turrel" is pronounced `/ˈtɝ.əl/`. Syllable breakdown: **tur·rel**.

### What does "turrel" mean in context?
A tool used primarily by coopers to bore holes.

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