lashings

plural noun

lash·​ings ˈla-shiŋz  -shənz 

variants or less commonly lashins

ˈla-shənz 

chiefly British

: a great plenty : abundance

piles of bread and butter and lashings of tea

—Molly Weir

Synonyms

• abundance
• barrel
• basketful
• boatload
• bucket
• bunch
• bundle
• bushel
• carload
• chunk
• deal
• dozen
• fistful
• gobs
• good deal
• heap
• hundred
• loads
• lot
• mass
• mess
• mountain
• much
• multiplicity
• myriad
• oodles
• pack
• passel
• peck
• pile
• plateful
• plenitude
• plentitude
• plenty
• pot
• potful
• profusion
• quantity
• raft
• reams
• scads
• sheaf
• shipload
• sight
• slew
• spate
• stack
• store
• ton
• truckload
• volume
• wad
• wealth
• yard

Examples of lashings in a Sentence

we've prepared lashings of wassail for the holiday party

Word History

Etymology

from gerund of lash entry 1

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above