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hallmarking

hallmarking is the present participle and gerund of hallmark.

Meaning of hallmark

Verb

hallmark (third-person singular simple present hallmarks, present participle hallmarking, simple past and past participle hallmarked)

  1. To provide or stamp with a hallmark.
    • The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Ayrsham Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London...

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Noun

hallmarking (plural hallmarkings)

  1. The action of making a hallmark

Forms of hallmarking

pluralhallmarkings

Questions about hallmarking

What does hallmarking mean?
Hallmarking means the action of making a hallmark.
What is hallmarking the present participle and gerund of?
Hallmarking is the present participle and gerund of hallmark.
What part of speech is hallmarking?
Hallmarking is a noun.
What is the plural of hallmarking?
The plural of hallmarking is hallmarkings.

Words near hallmarking in the dictionary

  1. Hallmark moment
  2. Hallmark moments
  3. hallmarked
  4. hallmarker
  5. hallmarkers
  6. hallmarking
  7. hallmarkings
  8. Hallmarkish
  9. hallmarks
  10. Hallmarky
  11. hallmate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hallmarking (page history and authors); hallmark (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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