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croppings

croppings is the plural of cropping.

Meaning of cropping

Noun

cropping (plural croppings)

  1. The act by which something is cut short or truncated.
    • The vet was regularly called upon to perform ear croppings.
  2. The growing of crops.
  3. An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.
    • Their croppings are either entirely barren or contain only a moderate amount of copper, but much richer ore is ordinarily found just above the chalcocite zone.1905, Waldemar Lindgren, The Copper Deposits of the Clifton-Morenci District, Arizona, page 207

Questions about croppings

What is croppings the plural of?
Croppings is the plural of cropping.

Words near croppings in the dictionary

  1. croppie
  2. croppies
  3. cropping
  4. cropping out
  5. cropping up
  6. croppings
  7. Cropps
  8. croppy
  9. cropraising
  10. Cropredy
  11. cropropamide

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