: something used for binding, wrapping, or fastening
Examples of lashing in a Sentence
They gave the sailor a lashing.
She put lashings of butter on her muffin.
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Rebekah Evans, The Week Uk, theweek, 18 Nov. 2024
This leaves the platform as having lashings of potential but a wider gaming experience that’s frustratingly incomplete.
—Craig Grannell, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
It was all performed with lashings of brown-nosing.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 24 May 2023
Hulton Archive Loren elevated her beautiful eyes with lashings of mascara and eyeliner.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Lashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lashing. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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lashing
noun
lash·ing
ˈlash-iŋ 
: something used for tying, wrapping, or fastening
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