Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

handing down

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
hand-ing -down
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hand down

Questions

What does handing down mean?
present participle and gerund of hand down

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