Word: smoothing
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: smoo
thing
Definition: Monophthongization; a sound change by which a diphthong becomes a monophthong, a type of vowel shift
Morphemes:
Affix: smooth
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.