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inlaying

inlaying noun: an inlaid pattern. Also the present participle and gerund of inlay.

Noun

inlaying (plural inlayings)

  1. An inlaid pattern.
    • By these means a device is obtained, the ground of which is composed of green or English gold, with inlayings of silver and fine gold.1848, Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, page 363

Also used as

inlaying is also the present participle and gerund of inlay.

Forms of inlaying

pluralinlayings

Questions about inlaying

What does inlaying mean?
Inlaying means an inlaid pattern.
What part of speech is inlaying?
Inlaying is a noun.
What is the plural of inlaying?
The plural of inlaying is inlayings.

Words near inlaying in the dictionary

  1. inlay card
  2. inlay cards
  3. inlayed
  4. inlayer
  5. inlayers
  6. inlaying
  7. inlayings
  8. inlays
  9. inlead
  10. inleading
  11. inleads

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