Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slaughtering

/slˈɔtɚɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: slaugh-ter-ing
IPA: /slˈɔtɚɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of slaughter

noun

An act of slaughter; a killing.

Example Sentences

"Towards the end of each trial (approximately July), when the Hock had been markedly depleted by mortalities and the successive group slaughterings, the remaining animals were confined to one paddock."

Inflected Forms

slaughterings (plural)

Derived Forms

manslaughtering

Rhymes With

watering

Questions

How do you pronounce slaughtering?: The recorded pronunciation is /slˈɔtɚɪŋ/.
What does slaughtering mean?: present participle and gerund of slaughter

How to pronounce slaughtering

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