How to pronounce portcullis
Listen to portcullis in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“portcullis” in real sentences
50 clips in the index · 40 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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this exhibition here in Portcullis House.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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Now, I was recently in Portcullis House and it was boiling hot.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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'Yeah, through every wall,' said Arthur, dropping a portcullis into that avenue of conversation.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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saw Bernie grant a lovely picture of Bernie grant was hung in Parliament in portcullis house
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of portcullis. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.