orb-weaving

1. 1.

   of spiders who weave circular webs

Questions about orb-weaving

What does orb-weaving mean?

orb-weaving means "of spiders who weave circular webs".

How many syllables are in orb-weaving?

orb-weaving has 4 syllables and divides as orb--we-a-ving 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 orb-weaving a common word?

orb-weaving 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.