Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underfooting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-foot-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The terrain or other surface underfoot.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of underfoot

Example Sentences

"The underfooting is mostly duff and sand, through alternating forest and meadow."

Etymology

From underfoot + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: underfoot

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

underfootings (plural)

Questions

What does underfooting mean?: The terrain or other surface underfoot.
Where does underfooting come from?: From underfoot + -ing.

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