bed-wetting

1. 1.

   enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it)

   Broaderenuresis

Questions about bed-wetting

What does bed-wetting mean?

bed-wetting means "enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it)".

How many syllables are in bed-wetting?

bed-wetting has 3 syllables and divides as be-d-wet-ting under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is bed-wetting a common word?

bed-wetting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.