Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brushing something under the carpet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
brush-ing -some-thing un-der the -car-pet
IPA
51
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
7
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of brush something under the carpet

Questions

What does brushing something under the carpet mean?
present participle and gerund of brush something under the carpet

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