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rottings

rottings is the plural of rotting.

Meaning of rotting

Noun

rotting (plural rottings)

  1. The process by which something rots.
    • […] the mould on the boles of the other [trees], that lyes commonly there, and is made of the annual rottings of their own leaves.1686, Robert Plot, The Natural History of Staffordshire, page 214
  2. Material that has rotted.
    • From the compost rinds and rottings, from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence.c. 2009, Janice N. Harrington, Possum

Questions about rottings

What is rottings the plural of?
Rottings is the plural of rotting.

Words near rottings in the dictionary

  1. Rottingdean
  2. Rottinghaus
  3. Rottinghauses
  4. rottingly
  5. rottingness
  6. rottings
  7. rottis
  8. rottle
  9. rottlera
  10. rottleras
  11. rottlerin

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