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offloading

offloading noun: the act by which something is offloaded. Also the present participle and gerund of offload.

Noun

offloading (countable and uncountable, plural offloadings)

  1. The act by which something is offloaded.
    • However there is a significant number of offloadings in the regional tuna database which do not identify the port at which the offloading took place […]1998, South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency, Development Opportunities in Selected Tuna Fisheries for Pacific Island Countries, page 123

Also used as

offloading is also the present participle and gerund of offload.

Forms of offloading

pluraloffloadings

Questions about offloading

What does offloading mean?
Offloading means the act by which something is offloaded.
What part of speech is offloading?
Offloading is a noun.
What is the plural of offloading?
The plural of offloading is offloadings.

Words near offloading in the dictionary

  1. offlist
  2. offload
  3. offloaded
  4. offloader
  5. offloaders
  6. offloading
  7. offloadings
  8. offloads
  9. offly
  10. offn
  11. Offner

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