Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breaking water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables
break-ing wa-ter
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of break water

Questions

What does breaking water mean?
present participle and gerund of break water

How to pronounce breaking water

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