Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heaping coals of fire on someone's head

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables
heap-ing -coal-s of -fire on -some-one's -head
IPA
52
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
8
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of heap coals of fire on someone's head

Questions

What does heaping coals of fire on someone's head mean?
present participle and gerund of heap coals of fire on someone's head

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