Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whittling down

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables
whit-tling -down
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of whittle down

Questions

What does whittling down mean?
present participle and gerund of whittle down

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