Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dusting off the cobwebs

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
dust-ing of-f the -cob-webs
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of dust off the cobwebs

Questions

What does dusting off the cobwebs mean?
present participle and gerund of dust off the cobwebs

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