Speakur

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staining

/stˈeɪnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables
stain-ing
IPA
/stˈeɪnɪŋ/
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stain

Inflected Forms

stainings (plural)

Derived Forms

antistaining autostaining bloodstaining costaining histostaining hyperstaining immunostaining nonstaining prestaining unstaining

Phrases

Gram staining

Synonyms

spotting maculation

Rhymes With

training remaining containing maintaining explaining gaining complaining entertaining obtaining retaining raining campaigning

Questions

How do you pronounce staining?
The recorded pronunciation is /stˈeɪnɪŋ/.
What does staining mean?
present participle and gerund of stain

How to pronounce staining

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