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hatchings

hatchings is the plural of hatching.

Meaning of hatching

Noun

hatching (countable and uncountable, plural hatchings)

  1. (drawing) A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
  2. A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
    • We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.
  3. The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
  4. Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.

Questions about hatchings

What is hatchings the plural of?
Hatchings is the plural of hatching.

Words near hatchings in the dictionary

  1. hatchies
  2. hatching
  3. hatching out
  4. hatching up
  5. hatching, matching, and dispatching
  6. hatchings
  7. hatchite
  8. Hatchky
  9. hatchless
  10. hatchlike
  11. hatchling

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