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founderings

founderings is the plural of foundering.

Meaning of foundering

Noun

foundering (plural founderings)

  1. The act by which a vessel founders.
    • It's the nature of founderings that ships have buoyancy and are afloat one second, then lose buoyancy and sink the next.2004, Mark L. Thompson, Graveyard of the Lakes

Questions about founderings

What is founderings the plural of?
Founderings is the plural of foundering.

Words near founderings in the dictionary

  1. founderess
  2. founderesses
  3. foundereth
  4. founderies
  5. foundering
  6. founderings
  7. founderitis
  8. founderous
  9. founders
  10. foundership
  11. founderships

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