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Plural of handling

regular plural

The plural of handling is handlings.

Forms of handling

Singularhandling /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/
Pluralhandlings
Countablecountable and uncountable

Handlings in a sentence

  • This talcing is repeated, "if necessary, dependent upon the number of handlings up to and into stores for steamer loading."1940, Rubber Journal, volume 99, page 479. From the entry talc

Meaning of handling

  1. noun A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
  2. noun The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.
  3. noun The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.

Full definition of handling

Questions about the plural of handling

What is the plural of handling?
The plural of handling is handlings.
Is handling countable?
Handling is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handling (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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