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splayings

splayings is the plural of splaying.

Meaning of splaying

Noun

splaying (plural splayings)

  1. A shape or motion that splays.
    • I point out at the top of the door three holes in the glass, an inch or so in diameter, clean holes that have left no cracks, only simple crater-shaped splayings around each orifice.1970, Hélène Cixous, The Third Body, page 60

Questions about splayings

What is splayings the plural of?
Splayings is the plural of splaying.

Words near splayings in the dictionary

  1. splayfeet
  2. splayfoot
  3. splayfooted
  4. splayfootedness
  5. splaying
  6. splayings
  7. splayleg
  8. splays
  9. SPLC
  10. SpLD
  11. SPLEED

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