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dustings

/ˈdʌstɪŋz/

dustings is the plural of dusting.

Meaning of dusting

Noun

dusting (countable and uncountable, plural dustings)

  1. (countable) A light snowfall.
    • The rooves are covered with a dusting of snow.
  2. (countable) A light covering of something.
    • Cover the cake with a dusting of confectioner's sugar.
  3. The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore.
    • Tuesday is the day when I do the dusting.
  4. (colloquial, countable) A beating.
  5. A maintenance or comfort behaviour in which a bird flushes fine dirt through the feathers; dustbathing.

Words that rhyme with dustings

Questions about dustings

What is dustings the plural of?
Dustings is the plural of dusting.
How do you pronounce dustings?
Dustings is pronounced /ˈdʌstɪŋz/.

Words near dustings in the dictionary

  1. dusting off a batter
  2. dusting off the cobwebs
  3. dusting out
  4. dusting someone's jacket
  5. dusting up
  6. dustings
  7. dustish
  8. dustjacket
  9. dustjackets
  10. dustless
  11. dustlessness

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