hardening

Other forms of hardening

plural

hardenings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hardening

What does hardening mean?

hardening means "abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hardening?

hardening has 3 syllables: har-de-ning. The stress falls on "har". In IPA it is /ˈhɑɹdənɪŋ/.

What is another word for hardening?

Close synonyms include solidifying, solidification, set, curing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hardening a common word?

hardening 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.