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plaiting sawdust

plaiting sawdust is the present participle and gerund of plait sawdust.

Meaning of plait sawdust

Verb

plait sawdust (third-person singular simple present plaits sawdust, present participle plaiting sawdust, simple past and past participle plaited sawdust)

  1. (UK) Synonym of plait fog.
    • One person has described trying to get a group of toddlers to sit on a mat to listen to a story as 'like trying to plait sawdust.'2003, Laurie Makin, Marian R Whitehead, How to Develop Children's Early Literacy, page 39
    Synonyms:
    plait fog

Questions about plaiting sawdust

What is plaiting sawdust the present participle and gerund of?
Plaiting sawdust is the present participle and gerund of plait sawdust.

Words near plaiting sawdust in the dictionary

  1. plaited sawdust
  2. plaiter
  3. plaiters
  4. plaiting
  5. plaiting fog
  6. plaiting sawdust
  7. plaitings
  8. plaitless
  9. plaits
  10. plaits fog
  11. plaits sawdust

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