Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wintering

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: win-ter-ing
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of winter

noun

The act of staying at a place throughout the winter.

Example Sentences

"Other winterings followed in 1795 and on four occasions in the 1820s, but one in 1834–1835 ended with the death of all members of a seven-man party."

Inflected Forms

winterings (plural)

Questions

What does wintering mean?: present participle and gerund of winter

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