washing-up

1. 1.

   the washing of dishes etc after a meal

   Broaderwash

Questions about washing-up

What does washing-up mean?

washing-up means "the washing of dishes etc after a meal".

How many syllables are in washing-up?

washing-up has 3 syllables and divides as wa-shin-g-up 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 washing-up a common word?

washing-up 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.