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SIZING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

Example:

size gives body to a fabric

Synonyms:

size; sizing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

filler (used for filling cracks or holes in a surface)

Derivation:

size (cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb size

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