Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wearing and tearing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
wear-ing and tear-ing
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of wear and tear

Questions

What does wearing and tearing mean?
present participle and gerund of wear and tear

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