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sharpenings

sharpenings is the plural of sharpening.

Meaning of sharpening

Noun

sharpening (plural sharpenings)

  1. The act by which something is sharpened.
    • There are flourishes and coloratura passages in this art, heightenings and sharpenings of the line that serve only to give the needy linear system a value of its own in confrontation with nature.1970, Heinrich Wölfflin, Drawings of Albrecht Dürer, page 4
  2. (in plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.

Questions about sharpenings

What is sharpenings the plural of?
Sharpenings is the plural of sharpening.

Words near sharpenings in the dictionary

  1. sharpeneth
  2. sharpening
  3. sharpening stone
  4. sharpening stones
  5. sharpening up
  6. sharpenings
  7. sharpens
  8. sharpens up
  9. sharper
  10. sharper-toothed
  11. sharpers

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