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erasings

erasings noun: the shavings left behind when an eraser is used.

Noun

erasings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The shavings left behind when an eraser is used.
    • These brushes will keep you from ruining your work by brushing away erasings with your hand and smearing your pencil work.2005, Lee Hammond, Lifelike Drawing with Lee Hammond, page 17

Questions about erasings

What does erasings mean?
Erasings means the shavings left behind when an eraser is used.
What part of speech is erasings?
Erasings is a noun.

Words near erasings in the dictionary

  1. erases
  2. erasest
  3. eraseth
  4. erasin
  5. erasing
  6. erasings
  7. erasion
  8. erasions
  9. erasive
  10. erasively
  11. Eraskh

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