Mind Your -mb's in English

Silent -b words

English words ending in -mb bedevil students. They often try to pronounce the 'b' at the end of the word. It is silent!

Examples

The following are examples of the silent ' b' :

• climb
• crumb
• dumb
• comb
• tomb
• womb

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A more complete list of -mb words with a silent 'b' can be found here.


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