Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

staving

/stˈeɪvɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
staving
IPA
/stˈeɪvɪŋ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stave

noun

A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.

Inflected Forms

stavings (plural)

Rhymes With

saving waving shaving craving behaving paving engraving raving caving waiving misbehaving braving

Questions

How do you pronounce staving?
The recorded pronunciation is /stˈeɪvɪŋ/.
What does staving mean?
present participle and gerund of stave

How to pronounce staving

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