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infestment

infestment noun: synonym of infestation.

Noun

infestment (countable and uncountable, plural infestments)

  1. (dated) Synonym of infestation.
    • The foregoing represent all the infestments to occur as groups. The following are individual cases.1924, Report of the Laboratory and Museum of Comparative Pathology of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, page 34
    Synonyms:
    infestation

Synonyms of infestment

Forms of infestment

pluralinfestments

Origin of infestment

From infest + -ment.

Questions about infestment

What does infestment mean?
Infestment means synonym of infestation.
What part of speech is infestment?
Infestment is a noun.
What is the plural of infestment?
The plural of infestment is infestments.

Words near infestment in the dictionary

  1. infesting
  2. infestins
  3. infestious
  4. infestive
  5. infestivity
  6. infestment
  7. infestments
  8. infests
  9. infestuous
  10. infeudate
  11. infeudated

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