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smotherings

smotherings is the plural of smothering.

Meaning of smothering

Noun

smothering (plural smotherings)

  1. The act by which someone or something is smothered.
    • I do hope there will be no oniony and tobaccoey smotherings in the form of embracings all round, going on in the streets.1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Questions about smotherings

What is smotherings the plural of?
Smotherings is the plural of smothering.

Words near smotherings in the dictionary

  1. smotherest
  2. smothereth
  3. smotheriness
  4. smothering
  5. smotheringly
  6. smotherings
  7. Smotherman
  8. Smothermans
  9. smothers
  10. smothersome
  11. smotherweed

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