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sprawl

The correct spelling is sprawl.

How to pronounce sprawl

noun

IPA: /spɹɔːl/

Say it like: Spr-awl

The correct spelling is sprawl. An ungainly sprawling posture.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An ungainly sprawling posture.
  2. 2.A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.

verb

  1. 1.To sit with the limbs spread out.
  2. 2.To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.

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