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puddling

puddling noun: the action of forming a puddle. Also the present participle and gerund of puddle.

Noun

puddling (countable and uncountable, plural puddlings)

  1. The action of forming a puddle.
  2. The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
  3. (canal engineering) The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight.
  4. (historical) The processing of pig iron (with high carbon content) by placing it into a reverberatory furnace, stirring to expose it to oxygen and create puddled iron and then (with further stirring to fully decarbonize it) wrought iron.
  5. A group of mallards (ducks).
  6. A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients.

Also used as

puddling is also the present participle and gerund of puddle.

Forms of puddling

pluralpuddlings

Phrases with puddling

Questions about puddling

What does puddling mean?
Puddling means the action of forming a puddle.
What part of speech is puddling?
Puddling is a noun.
What is the plural of puddling?
The plural of puddling is puddlings.

Words near puddling in the dictionary

  1. puddlesome
  2. Puddletown
  3. puddley
  4. puddlier
  5. puddliest
  6. puddling
  7. puddling up
  8. puddlings
  9. puddly
  10. puddock
  11. puddocks

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