Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dyeing

/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: dye-ing
IPA: /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of dye

noun

The act by which something is dyed.

Example Sentences

"Ninety per cent of the dyeings on silk, 72 per cent of the dyeings on rayon, 70 per cent of the dyeings on cotton showed no color change."
"In the traditional workshops of Surakarta, where the best quality batik tulis textiles are still created, low-paid women and girls use melted wax to meticulously hand-draw patterns before subsequent dyeings and rewaxings, […]"

Inflected Forms

dyeings (plural)

Phrases

space dyeing tie-dyeing

Homonyms

dying

Rhymes With

trying buying flying lying dying crying applying underlying denying relying supplying drying

Questions

How do you pronounce dyeing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/.
What does dyeing mean?: present participle and gerund of dye

How to pronounce dyeing

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