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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skinning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
skin-ning
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of skin

adj

exceptionally cold

Colloquial

noun

The act of removing the skin, as for example from animals killed for meat, hides, and furs.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

skinnings (plural)

Derived Forms

antiskinning

Phrases

onion skinning

Frequently Paired Words

plucking field dressing slaughtering butchering

Questions

What does skinning mean?
present participle and gerund of skin

How to pronounce skinning

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