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besetment

besetment noun: the state of being beset.

Noun

besetment (countable and uncountable, plural besetments)

  1. The state of being beset.
    • A common threat to icebreakers is besetment, where they are trapped in the ice and unable to ram the ice to escape.

besetment meaning in Tamil

besetment in Tamil

சுற்றி வளைத்தல், சூழ்வினை பற்றித் தொடரும் பாவம்

Forms of besetment

pluralbesetments

Origin of besetment

From beset + -ment.

Questions about besetment

What does besetment mean?
Besetment means the state of being beset.
What is besetment in Tamil?
Besetment in Tamil is சுற்றி வளைத்தல், சூழ்வினை பற்றித் தொடரும் பாவம். See Besetment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is besetment?
Besetment is a noun.
What is the plural of besetment?
The plural of besetment is besetments.

Words near besetment in the dictionary

  1. beserker
  2. beserks
  3. Beserra
  4. Beserras
  5. beset
  6. besetment
  7. besetments
  8. besets
  9. besetten
  10. besetter
  11. besetters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: besetment (page history and authors); besetment (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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