Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overlaying

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
over-lay-ing
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of overlay

noun

Overlaid ornamentation.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does overlaying mean?
present participle and gerund of overlay

How to pronounce overlaying

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