ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Puddling

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Puddling is a noun meaning The action of forming a puddle.

Meaning

The action of forming a puddle.

More Meanings

  1. The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
  2. (canal engineering) The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight.
  3. (metallurgy, historical) The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron.
  4. A group of mallards (ducks).
  5. A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients.
  6. present participle and gerund of puddle

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pool, urinate, micturate, piddle, piss, pee.

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