shading

Questions about shading

What does shading mean?

shading means "graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shading?

shading has 2 syllables: sha-ding. The stress falls on "sha". In IPA it is /ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/.

What is another word for shading?

Close synonyms include blending. 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 shading a common word?

shading 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.