winnowing

What does winnowing mean?

winnowing means "the act of separating grain from chaff".

How many syllables are in winnowing?

winnowing has 3 syllables: win-no-wing. The stress falls on "win". In IPA it is /ˈwɪˌnoʊɪŋ/.

What is another word for winnowing?

Close synonyms include winnow, sifting. 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 winnowing a common word?

winnowing 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.

What rhymes with winnowing?

2 words rhyme with winnowing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for winnowing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.