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rettings

rettings is the plural of retting.

Meaning of retting

Noun

retting (countable and uncountable, plural rettings)

  1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes.
  2. (historical) A place where flax is retted; a rettery.

Questions about rettings

What is rettings the plural of?
Rettings is the plural of retting.

Words near rettings in the dictionary

  1. Rettig
  2. Rettigs
  3. retting
  4. Rettinger
  5. Rettingers
  6. rettings
  7. retube
  8. retubed
  9. retubes
  10. retubing
  11. retubings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rettings (page history and authors); retting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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