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ridging

ridging noun: a pattern of ridges. Also the present participle and gerund of ridge.

Noun

ridging (plural ridgings)

  1. A pattern of ridges.
    • I observed that a moulding descended obliquely from this entrance down to the bottom, while striae followed the same line, the whole sides indeed being marked by curious scoopings, and intermediate ridgings […]1853, Robert Jameson, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal

Also used as

ridging is also the present participle and gerund of ridge.

Forms of ridging

pluralridgings

Phrases with ridging

Questions about ridging

What does ridging mean?
Ridging means a pattern of ridges.
What part of speech is ridging?
Ridging is a noun.
What is the plural of ridging?
The plural of ridging is ridgings.

Words near ridging in the dictionary

  1. Ridgewood
  2. ridgier
  3. ridgiest
  4. ridgil
  5. ridgils
  6. ridging
  7. ridging hoe
  8. ridging hoes
  9. ridgings
  10. ridglet
  11. ridglets

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