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crestings

/ˈkɹɛstɪŋz/

crestings is the plural of cresting.

Meaning of cresting

Noun

cresting (countable and uncountable, plural crestings)

  1. An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
    • The station also boasts a large semi-domed French pavilion roof with fish-scale tiles and iron cresting, plus a rectangular hall with arcaded upper storey and wooden lantern.2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27
  2. Synonym of fasciation.
    Synonyms:
    fasciation

Questions about crestings

What is crestings the plural of?
Crestings is the plural of cresting.
How do you pronounce crestings?
Crestings is pronounced /ˈkɹɛstɪŋz/.

Words near crestings in the dictionary

  1. crestfishes
  2. crestie
  3. cresties
  4. crestiform
  5. cresting
  6. crestings
  7. crestless
  8. crestlessness
  9. crestlike
  10. crestline
  11. crestlines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crestings (page history and authors); cresting (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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