pealing

Questions about pealing

What does pealing mean?

pealing means "a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)".

How many syllables are in pealing?

pealing has 3 syllables and divides as pe-a-ling 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.

What is another word for pealing?

Close synonyms include peal, roll, rolling. 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 pealing a common word?

pealing 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pealing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.