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whalehide

whalehide noun: a kind of bituminous paper used to make plant pots.

Noun

whalehide (usually uncountable, plural whalehides)

  1. (usually) A kind of bituminous paper used to make plant pots.

Forms of whalehide

pluralwhalehides

Origin of whalehide

whale + hide, originally a brand name.

Questions about whalehide

What does whalehide mean?
Whalehide means a kind of bituminous paper used to make plant pots.
What part of speech is whalehide?
Whalehide is a noun.
What is the plural of whalehide?
The plural of whalehide is whalehides.

Words near whalehide in the dictionary

  1. whalefisher
  2. whalefishers
  3. whalefishes
  4. whalehead
  5. whaleheads
  6. whalehide
  7. whalehides
  8. whalehood
  9. whaleish
  10. whalekind
  11. whaleless

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