Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water-hugging

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter-hug-ging
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

that prevents the water loss

adj

that is located right over or right next to the water

Example Sentences

"Water-hugging films slow water loss from the hair."
""So making sure your soil has plenty of water-hugging organic material is a good move.""
"Water-hugging hotel, located on the end of the wharf and overhanging the harbour, has 280-degree views."
""With the decline of water travel, Manhattan turned increasingly in on itself, looking away from dilapidated piers and water-hugging industrial areas — its manufactories, its markets and its abattoirs — to a glorious new interior asset, Central Park, which became and remains the focus of public life.""

Inflected Forms

more water-hugging (comparative) most water-hugging (superlative)

Questions

What does water-hugging mean?: that prevents the water loss

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