soiling

Questions about soiling

What does soiling mean?

soiling means "the act of soiling something".

How many syllables are in soiling?

soiling has 2 syllables and divides as soi-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 soiling?

Close synonyms include soilure, dirtying. 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 soiling a common word?

soiling 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.