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Plural of drilling

regular plural

The plural of drilling is drillings.

Forms of drilling

Singulardrilling /ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/
Pluraldrillings /ˈdɹɪlɪŋz/
Countablecountable

Drillings in a sentence

  • After detachment of the periost, a small bony fenestration was created by 2 mm K-wire cortical corner drillings and connecting oscillating saw cuts.2015 August 23, Andreas Toepfer et al., “Bilateral diaphyseal bone cysts of the tibia mimicking shin splints in a young professional…. From the entry periost

Meaning of drilling

  1. noun Making holes in objects.
  2. noun Performing drills (exercises).
  3. noun A long firearm with three barrels (typically a mix of shotgun and rifle barrels).

Full definition of drilling

Questions about the plural of drilling

What is the plural of drilling?
The plural of drilling is drillings.
Is drilling countable?
Drilling is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drilling (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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