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PALING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fence made of upright pickets

Synonyms:

paling; picket fence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("paling" is a kind of...):

fence; fencing (a barrier that serves to enclose an area)

Meronyms (parts of "paling"):

pale; picket (a wooden strip forming part of a fence)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb pal

Sense 2

-ing form of the verb pale

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