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overmasking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-mask-ing
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The masking of a sound in one ear by a sound in the other

Uncountable

Etymology

From over- + masking.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Questions

What does overmasking mean?
The masking of a sound in one ear by a sound in the other
Where does overmasking come from?
From over- + masking.

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