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rubbing

9 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. rubbing (noun)
  2. rub (verb)
  3. rubbing alcohol (noun)
  4. rubbing block (noun)
  5. rubbing varnish (noun)
  6. rub in (verb)
  7. rub off (verb)
  8. rub out (verb)
  9. rub up (verb)

rubbing

noun

Definition of RUBBING

: an image of a raised, incised, or textured surface obtained by placing paper over it and rubbing the paper with a colored substance
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Examples of RUBBING

  1. He made a rubbing of the old tombstone.

First Known Use of RUBBING

1845

Rhymes with RUBBING

drubbing, slubbing

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