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garblement

garblement noun: garbling.

Noun

garblement (countable and uncountable, plural garblements)

  1. Garbling.
    • But when the priest returns and launches into his next lecture, I think from his garblement that he understands no more than I2003, Sophy Burnham, The treasure of Montsʹegur, page 240

Forms of garblement

pluralgarblements

Origin of garblement

From garble + -ment.

Questions about garblement

What does garblement mean?
Garblement means garbling.
What part of speech is garblement?
Garblement is a noun.
What is the plural of garblement?
The plural of garblement is garblements.

Words near garblement in the dictionary

  1. garbing
  2. garble
  3. garbleable
  4. garbled
  5. garbledness
  6. garblement
  7. garblements
  8. garbler
  9. garblers
  10. garbles
  11. garbless

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