Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moisturizing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
mois-tur-iz-ing
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of moisturize

noun

The act of making something moist; especially, of a cosmetic, making the skin or hair less dry.

Uncountable

adj

That moisturizes.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more moisturizing (comparative) most moisturizing (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does moisturizing mean?
present participle and gerund of moisturize

How to pronounce moisturizing

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