Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

care and feeding

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
care and feed-ing
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

maintenance and sustenance (of something, organic or otherwise)

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does care and feeding mean?
maintenance and sustenance (of something, organic or otherwise)

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