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mapreading

mapreading noun: the skill of reading a map.

Noun

mapreading (uncountable)

  1. The skill of reading a map.
    • Mapreading is important if you are going to go orienteering.

Origin of mapreading

From map + reading.

Questions about mapreading

What does mapreading mean?
Mapreading means the skill of reading a map.
What part of speech is mapreading?
Mapreading is a noun.

Words near mapreading in the dictionary

  1. Mapplethorpian
  2. Mappleton
  3. Mapps
  4. Mappses
  5. mapracorat
  6. mapreading
  7. maprotiline
  8. maps
  9. maps of Tasmania
  10. maps of Tassie
  11. maps onto

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