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scantlings

scantlings noun: the dimensions of the timbers of a ship. Also the plural of scantling.

Noun

scantlings

  1. The dimensions of the timbers of a ship

Also used as

scantlings is also the plural of scantling.

Questions about scantlings

What does scantlings mean?
Scantlings means the dimensions of the timbers of a ship.
What part of speech is scantlings?
Scantlings is a noun.

Words near scantlings in the dictionary

  1. scantlet
  2. scantlets
  3. Scantlin
  4. scantling
  5. scantlinged
  6. scantlings
  7. Scantlins
  8. scantly
  9. scantness
  10. scantron
  11. scantrons

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