combing
nounHow many syllables in combing?
There are 2 syllables in the word combing.How to pronounce combing:
Definition of combing:
- combing (noun):
- a test to ensure accuracy or progress
- the act of drawing a comb through hair.
- a raised frame (as around a hatchway in the deck of a ship) to keep out water
Synonyms for combing:
digging (through)
dredging
examining
exploring
finding
hunting (through)
inspecting
investigating
locating
raking
ransacking
rummaging
scanning
scouring
searching
sorting (through)
surveying
trolling
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- tannish
- hounder
- succoured
- distanced
- towered
- modest
- draughty
- waltzed
- gaging
- bakkie
- unbound
- sweetness
- dearer
- crunchy
- whetted
- Chepi
- truffle
- trucked
- Janaan
- crusher
- brashness
- scrabble
- ramen
- grumous
- vouchsafe
- smoothing
- pick up
- equaled
- yarely
- tourist
- bulldog
- sorer
- mesa
- encage
- claxons
- unvoiced
- clannish
- trickled
- naively
- ither
- washing
- unlatch
- placements
- drawling
- brattish
- sanely
- partly
- newfound
- messaged
- lightened
- … more
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