shaving

noun

How many syllables in shaving?

There are 2 syllables in the word shaving.

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Divide shaving into syllables:

shav · ing

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Definition of shaving:

shaving (noun):: the act of one that shaves; the act of removing hair with a razor.; a thin slice of something such as wood, which has been shaved off

Synonyms for shaving:

chop

chunk

clipping

cutting

depilation

epilation

flake

grazing

hunk

lamella

length

lump

paring

part

portion

section

segment

shave

skimming

slice

sliver

snippet

splinter

strip

tonsure

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Antonyms for shaving:

abundance

barrel

batch

blob

block

bucketload

bulk

bunch

chunk

clod

clump

cluster

conglomerate

fistful

glob

gob

gobbet

good deal

great deal

heap

hunk

knob

load

lot

lump

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