lashings

Other forms of lashings

plural

lashingses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lashings

What does lashings mean?

lashings means "a large number or amount".

How many syllables are in lashings?

lashings has 2 syllables: las-hings. The stress falls on "las". In IPA it is /ˈlæʃɪŋz/.

What is another word for lashings?

Close synonyms include tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lashings a common word?

lashings is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.