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piano-polishing

piano-polishing is the present participle and gerund of piano-polish.

Meaning of piano-polish

Verb

piano-polish (third-person singular simple present piano-polishes, present participle piano-polishing, simple past and past participle piano-polished)

  1. To treat (furniture) with piano polish; French-polish.
    • The papier mâché desk he passed tolerantly as bric-à-brac, but the china-cabinet was dismissed with contempt. "Deal stained black and piano-polished," he said.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 75

Questions about piano-polishing

What is piano-polishing the present participle and gerund of?
Piano-polishing is the present participle and gerund of piano-polish.

Words near piano-polishing in the dictionary

  1. piano-forté
  2. piano-fortés
  3. piano-polish
  4. piano-polished
  5. piano-polishes
  6. piano-polishing
  7. piano-violin
  8. piano-violins
  9. pianocentric
  10. pianoed
  11. pianoes

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