Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keeping the home fires burning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
keep-ing the home- -fires burn-ing
IPA
47
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of keep the home fires burning

Questions

What does keeping the home fires burning mean?
present participle and gerund of keep the home fires burning

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