Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paring to the bone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables
par-ing -to the bone
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pare to the bone

Questions

What does paring to the bone mean?
present participle and gerund of pare to the bone

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