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dividings

dividings is the plural of dividing.

Meaning of dividing

Noun

dividing (plural dividings)

  1. An act of division.
    • Hence the noun also means dividing, or portion as that which is divided — whether an inheritance, or whether the dividings of spoil after battle.1840, Albert Barnes, Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah

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Noun

dividings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A line at which tides from two inlets meet and tide-borne sediment deposits.
    • All the Sea Islands have what are called dividings, shoal areas behind the barrier islands where the tides meet and divide.2005, Mary R. Bullard, Cumberland Island: A History, page 5

Questions about dividings

What does dividings mean?
Dividings means a line at which tides from two inlets meet and tide-borne sediment deposits.
What is dividings the plural of?
Dividings is the plural of dividing.
What part of speech is dividings?
Dividings is a noun.

Words near dividings in the dictionary

  1. dividing engines
  2. dividing line
  3. dividing lines
  4. dividing up
  5. dividingly
  6. dividings
  7. dividivi
  8. dividual
  9. dividualities
  10. dividuality
  11. dividually

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