Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing wa-ter
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold water

Questions

What does holding water mean?
present participle and gerund of hold water

How to pronounce holding water

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