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sievings

sievings is the plural of sieving.

Meaning of sieving

Noun

sieving (plural sievings)

  1. The act of passing something through a sieve.
  2. Material that has passed through a sieve.
    • The sievings retained on different sieves are washed into separate Petri dishes for further observations or purification by sucrose centrifugation.2008, D. K. Maheshwari, Potential Microorganisms For Sustainable Agriculture, page 79

Questions about sievings

What is sievings the plural of?
Sievings is the plural of sieving.

Words near sievings in the dictionary

  1. sievesful
  2. sieveyer
  3. sieveyers
  4. Sievierodonetsk
  5. sieving
  6. sievings
  7. sievish
  8. Siew
  9. siew dai
  10. siew mai
  11. Siewert

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