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metal-detecting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
met-al-de-tect-ing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of metal-detect

Questions

What does metal-detecting mean?
present participle and gerund of metal-detect

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