masking

1. 1.

   the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

   “the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft”

   Synonymscovercoveringscreening

   Broaderconcealment
2. 2.

   the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation

   “he studied auditory masking by pure tones”

   Broadersensation
3. 3.

   scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen

   Synonymsmasking piece

   Broaderscenery

Other forms of masking

plural

maskings·

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 masking

What does masking mean?

masking means "the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in masking?

masking has 2 syllables: mas-king. The stress falls on "mas". In IPA it is /ˈmæskɪŋ/.

What is another word for masking?

Close synonyms include cover, covering, screening, masking piece. 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 masking a common word?

masking 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.