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minesweepings

minesweepings is the plural of minesweeping.

Meaning of minesweeping

Noun

minesweeping (usually uncountable, plural minesweepings)

  1. (usually) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
  2. (slang, usually) The act of looking for and drinking half-drunk alcoholic drinks that have been left by other attendees of a bar or nightclub.

Questions about minesweepings

What is minesweepings the plural of?
Minesweepings is the plural of minesweeping.

Words near minesweepings in the dictionary

  1. minesweep
  2. minesweeped
  3. minesweeper
  4. minesweepers
  5. minesweeping
  6. minesweepings
  7. minesweeps
  8. mineswept
  9. Minett
  10. minette
  11. minettes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: minesweepings (page history and authors); minesweeping (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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