Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breaking the silence

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
break-ing the si-lence
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of break the silence

Questions

What does breaking the silence mean?
present participle and gerund of break the silence

How to pronounce breaking the silence

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