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strandings

strandings is the plural of stranding.

Meaning of stranding

Noun

stranding (plural strandings)

  1. The act or occasion by which somebody or something is stranded.
    • The day of our arrival two belugas had accidentally become grounded in the shallows of a river delta near the station, and now that the tide had gone out, they seemed helplessly stuck. Such strandings are uncommon, and they offer scientists the opportunity to tag, measure, and determine the sex of...1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, pages 594-595
    1. Leaving (a word or phrase) without any expressed complement, or allowing (it) to go without one.

Questions about strandings

What is strandings the plural of?
Strandings is the plural of stranding.

Words near strandings in the dictionary

  1. strander
  2. stranders
  3. strandflat
  4. strandflats
  5. stranding
  6. strandings
  7. strandless
  8. strandlike
  9. strandline
  10. strandlines
  11. strandlooper

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