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darkenings

darkenings is the plural of darkening.

Meaning of darkening

Noun

darkening (countable and uncountable, plural darkenings)

  1. The act of something becoming darker.
    • At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to...1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704

Questions about darkenings

What is darkenings the plural of?
Darkenings is the plural of darkening.

Words near darkenings in the dictionary

  1. darkening a church door
  2. darkening down
  3. darkening someone's door
  4. darkening up
  5. darkeningly
  6. darkenings
  7. darkens
  8. darkens a church door
  9. darkens down
  10. darkens someone's door
  11. darkens up

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