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hogring

hogring noun: a metal ring, clasp, or other device inserted in a pig’s snout to keep it from rooting up the ground.

hogring: a metal ring, clasp, or other device inserted in a pig’s snout to keep it from rooting up the ground
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Noun

hogring (plural hogrings)

  1. A metal ring, clasp, or other device inserted in a pig’s snout to keep it from rooting up the ground.
  2. In upholstery of furniture or an automobile clasps of similar shape employed to hold the tension of a textile covering.

Forms of hogring

pluralhogrings
alternative formhog-ring
alternative formhog ring

Words formed from hogring

Questions about hogring

What does hogring mean?
Hogring means a metal ring, clasp, or other device inserted in a pig’s snout to keep it from rooting up the ground.
What part of speech is hogring?
Hogring is a noun.
What is the plural of hogring?
The plural of hogring is hogrings.

Words near hogring in the dictionary

  1. hogreeves
  2. Hogrefe
  3. Hogrefes
  4. hogrel
  5. hogrell
  6. hogring
  7. hogringer
  8. hogringers
  9. hogrings
  10. hogritude
  11. hogrubber

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