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overwintering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
over-win-ter-ing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of overwinter

noun

The action of overwintering.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The survival of an infectious agent or its vector through the winter, during which time it does not infect a host.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

overwinterings (plural)

Phrases

overwintering fire

Questions

What does overwintering mean?
present participle and gerund of overwinter

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