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burnishings

burnishings is the plural of burnishing.

Meaning of burnishing

Noun

burnishing (plural burnishings)

  1. A polishing.
    • Like those of other saints, Mira Bai's life story lies within a number of retellings, each more detailed than the last, so that her biography now includes burnishings that probably would not pass any historian's test.2001, Kenneth L. Woodward, The Book of Miracles

Questions about burnishings

What is burnishings the plural of?
Burnishings is the plural of burnishing.

Words near burnishings in the dictionary

  1. burnishers
  2. burnishes
  3. burnishest
  4. burnisheth
  5. burnishing
  6. burnishings
  7. burnishment
  8. burnishments
  9. burnisht
  10. Burniston
  11. Burnistons

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