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jumboizing

jumboizing is the present participle and gerund of jumboize.

Meaning of jumboize

Verb

jumboize (third-person singular simple present jumboizes, present participle jumboizing, simple past and past participle jumboized)

  1. (transitive) To lengthen (a ship) by replacing an existing section with a longer section or inserting an additional section.
    • The replacement and enlargement of the entire cargo section, commonly called "jumboizing," of one of the smaller American-flag tankers, now under bareboat charter to the Company, was completed in September.1945, Atlantic Refining Company, Annual Report, The Company

Questions about jumboizing

What is jumboizing the present participle and gerund of?
Jumboizing is the present participle and gerund of jumboize.

Words near jumboizing in the dictionary

  1. jumboism
  2. jumboization
  3. jumboize
  4. jumboized
  5. jumboizes
  6. jumboizing
  7. Jumbomania
  8. jumboo
  9. jumboos
  10. jumbophage
  11. jumbophages

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