say it: MID-uhl-klas
middle-class is an adjective meaning "occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy". It carries one recorded sense.
occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for middle-class come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.