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ditchings

/ˈdɪt͡ʃɪŋz/

ditchings is the plural of ditching.

Meaning of ditching

Noun

ditching (plural ditchings)

  1. A deliberate crash landing on the sea or other body of water.
    • Model test and actual ditchings of various aircraft indicate that ditchings into the wall of water created by the major swell is roughly analogous to flying into a mountain.1990, Operator's Manual for Army U-21G Aircraft

Questions about ditchings

What is ditchings the plural of?
Ditchings is the plural of ditching.
How do you pronounce ditchings?
Ditchings is pronounced /ˈdɪt͡ʃɪŋz/.

Words near ditchings in the dictionary

  1. ditchfinder
  2. ditchfinders
  3. ditching
  4. ditching out
  5. Ditchingham
  6. ditchings
  7. ditchless
  8. ditchlet
  9. ditchlets
  10. ditchlike
  11. Ditchling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ditchings (page history and authors); ditching (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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