batting
Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etcCotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
вати́нvatín
stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
(countable, uncountable)Special cotton for surgery.
(countable, uncountable)The act of someone who bats.
the battings of her eyelashes
(countable, uncountable)The action of using a bat.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From bat + -ing, batt + -ing (“material, collection”). From bat + -ing (“action”).From bat + -ing, batt + -ing (“material, collection”).
From bat + -ing (“action”).
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Forms
plural: battingsSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.