impounding

Questions about impounding

What does impounding mean?

impounding means "placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law".

How many syllables are in impounding?

impounding has 3 syllables: im-poun-ding. The stress falls on "poun". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpaʊndɪŋ/.

What is another word for impounding?

Close synonyms include impoundment, internment, poundage. 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 impounding a common word?

impounding is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with impounding?

2 words rhyme with impounding. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.