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battening down

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
bat-ten-ing -down
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of batten down

Questions

What does battening down mean?
present participle and gerund of batten down

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