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downspouting

downspouting noun: a downspout.

Noun

downspouting (plural downspoutings)

  1. A downspout.
    • Grass and weeds had a good hold in the gutters and were choking the drains. Leaves had blocked downspoutings so that more grass, and even small bushes, grew in cracks and in the silt in the roof gutterings.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 230

Forms of downspouting

pluraldownspoutings

Questions about downspouting

What does downspouting mean?
Downspouting means a downspout.
What part of speech is downspouting?
Downspouting is a noun.
What is the plural of downspouting?
The plural of downspouting is downspoutings.

Words near downspouting in the dictionary

  1. downspecs
  2. downspin
  3. downspinning
  4. downspins
  5. downspout
  6. downspouting
  7. downspoutings
  8. downspouts
  9. downsprue
  10. downsprues
  11. downspun

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