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spongings

spongings is the plural of sponging.

Meaning of sponging

Noun

sponging (plural spongings)

  1. The application of a sponge.
    • I have employed cold air, and very often spongings with cold water, in order to moderate the preternatural heat of the skin, and to check the increased velocity of the circulation.1815, William Shearman, New Medical and Physical Journal

Questions about spongings

What is spongings the plural of?
Spongings is the plural of sponging.

Words near spongings in the dictionary

  1. sponging houses
  2. sponging out
  3. sponging up
  4. sponging-house
  5. sponging-houses
  6. spongings
  7. spongins
  8. spongio-
  9. spongioblast
  10. spongioblastoma
  11. spongioblastomas

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