Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fruiting

/fɹˈutɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: fruit-ing
IPA: /fɹˈutɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fruiting body.

Countable

noun

The act of producing fruit, seeds, or spores; fructification.

Uncountable

noun

The occurrence of FRUIT (false replies unsynchronized/uncorrelated in time).

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of fruit

Example Sentences

"Fruitings can consist of several thousand individual sporocarps."
"From these figures it will be seen that the fruiting period of cotton in the blacklands of Texas is relatively short, and a majority of the bolls are set early in the season."
"These factors differ from mushroom to mushroom. Most of the changes that stimulate fruiting have a negative effect on the vegetative growth of the mycelium."
"How many breakdowns or serious impairments of function (quality of return, fruiting, degradation, etc.) did your radar and communications equipment have today?"
"In this way, the problems of fruiting, garbling and over-interrogation are overcome."

Usage

Inflected Forms

fruitings (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce fruiting?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɹˈutɪŋ/.
What does fruiting mean?: A fruiting body.

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