sheh-slor-tukh

hexose

Part of speech

Pronunciation

/ʃɛ̆sloɾtux/

Sound out sheh-slor-tukh letter by letter:

• sh/ʃ/sh as in 'shoe'
• eh/ɛ̆/e as in 'bet', clipped short
• s/s/s as in 'sun'
• l/l/l as in 'love'
• o/o/o as in 'go'
• r/ɾ/lightly tapped r, as in Spanish 'pero'
• t/t/t as in 'stop' (no puff of air)
• u/u/oo as in 'food'
• kh/x/harsh h, as in Scottish 'loch' or German 'Bach'

any of various simple sugars, such as glucose and fructose, that have six carbon atoms per molecule