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raining

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??e?n??/
  • Rhymes: -e?n??
  • Homophones: reining, reigning

Verb

raining

  1. present participle of rain

Noun

raining (plural rainings)

  1. A fall of rain.
    • 2013, Maite Ezcurdia, Robert J. Stainton, The Semantics-Pragmatics Boundary in Philosophy (page 363)
      This is a way of saying that the subatomic structure of the verb “to rain” explicitly marks rainings as a kind of change that places undergo.

Anagrams

  • Ingrian, ingrain

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railing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??e?l??/
  • Rhymes: -e?l??

Noun

railing (plural railings)

  1. A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.
    During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers.

Usage notes

British use is normally the plural.

Derived terms

  • hand railing is in place to provide guidance on stairs or in corridors.
  • guard railing is in place to prevent accidental falls from an elevated area.

Translations

Verb

railing

  1. present participle of rail

Anagrams

  • airling, glairin, lairing, nargili

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