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WordBand 7–8Toofey picks
abacus
/ˈæbækəs/
noun
A frame with beads on rods that is used for counting.
- “Young pupils learned to add numbers on an abacus.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))