Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wet nursing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables
wet nurs-ing
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of wet nurse

Questions

What does wet nursing mean?
present participle and gerund of wet nurse

How to pronounce wet nursing

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