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bastings

/ˈbeɪstɪŋz/

bastings is the plural of basting.

Meaning of basting

Noun

basting (plural bastings)

  1. The act by which a food item is basted.
    • Use repeated bastings to prevent the chicken from drying out.
  2. (archaic) A (physical) beating.
  3. The use of long or loose stitches; the act by which something is basted.

Questions about bastings

What is bastings the plural of?
Bastings is the plural of basting.
How do you pronounce bastings?
Bastings is pronounced /ˈbeɪstɪŋz/.

Words near bastings in the dictionary

  1. bastinadoes
  2. bastinadoing
  3. bastinados
  4. basting
  5. basting up
  6. bastings
  7. Bastins
  8. bastion
  9. bastion forest
  10. bastion forests
  11. bastionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bastings (page history and authors); basting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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