spitting
An appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly, jets…An appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly, jets of oxygen forming small cones and sometimes throwing up drops of molten metal.
/ˈspɪtɪŋ/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)An appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly, jets of oxygen forming small cones and sometimes throwing up drops of molten metal.
(archaic)Expectoration
More definitions
- the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
Forms
plural: spittings| Singular | spitting |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonymsAn appearance on the surface of melted silver or…:sprouting
Close in meaning
- the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva):spitexpectoration
Word family
3 related wordsRelatedspit
Lessons 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.