inserting

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Canada, US/ɪnˈsɝtɪŋ/

noun

Something inserted or set in, such as lace in garments.

CommonScrabble 10

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of insert
nouninserting (plural insertings)

plural insertings

  1. Something inserted or set in, such as lace in garments.

    Flax handkerchiefs composed in chief value of edgings and insertings of cotton lace made on the Lever or Gothrough machine are properly dutiable at the rate of 70 per cent […]

    1913, Congressional Serial Set, page 627

Translations

Spanish insertante
  • insertanteTranslations

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APA

inserting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inserting

MLA

“inserting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inserting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inserting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inserting.

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