Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wafting

/wˈɑftɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: waft-ing
IPA: /wˈɑftɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of waft

noun

An instance of wafting; the action of something that wafts.

Example Sentences

"The following afternoon they fired up an ancient wood-frame charcoal grill and laid on the pig, suffusing the quad with the sweet waftings of barbecue — that is, until the grill caught fire and collapsed."

Inflected Forms

waftings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce wafting?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɑftɪŋ/.
What does wafting mean?: present participle and gerund of waft

How to pronounce wafting

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