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tincturings

tincturings is the plural of tincturing.

Meaning of tincturing

Noun

tincturing (plural tincturings)

  1. The act or process of colour or stain (something) with a dye or pigment.
  2. (figuratively) The act of adding to or impregnating something with an abstract quality.
  3. (pharmacy) The act or process of dissolving (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.
    • At its simplest, tincturing involves chopping or grinding the source material as finely as possible, covering it with ethyl (grain) alcohol, and allowing the mixture to macerate, or steep, for two weeks or more.2009, Greg A. Marley, Mushrooms for Health: Medicinal Secrets of Northeastern Fungi, Down East Books

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Questions about tincturings

What is tincturings the plural of?
Tincturings is the plural of tincturing.

Words near tincturings in the dictionary

  1. tinctured
  2. tinctures
  3. tincturest
  4. tinctureth
  5. tincturing
  6. tincturings
  7. Tincup
  8. Tincy
  9. tind
  10. tinda
  11. tindal

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