Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meat-eating

/mˈitˌitɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: meat-eat-ing
IPA: /mˈitˌitɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That eats meat; carnivorous.

Example Sentences

"Once again, we see the anthropological bias against women (perhaps related to the fact that meat-eating Europeans and Americans cannot take grains seriously as a source of complete nourishment and so feel a need to stress meat eating and hunting)."

Etymology

Compound of meat + eating.

Frequently Paired Words

fish-eating plant-eating

Synonyms

flesh-eating zoophagous

Questions

How do you pronounce meat-eating?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈitˌitɪŋ/.
What does meat-eating mean?: That eats meat; carnivorous.
Where does meat-eating come from?: Compound of meat + eating.

How to pronounce meat-eating

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