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Definition: GOBBING |
GOBBINGNoun1. The process of packing with waste rock; stowing. 2. The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff. |
Note: Gobbing \Gob"bing\, noun. [See lst Gob.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | The act of stowing waste in a mine. Also called gobbing-up.See also:gob. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: GOBBING |
| Specialty definitions using "GOBBING": gobber. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "GOBBING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "GOBBING" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 71.43% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "GOBBING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | udbulning. (various references) | |
Dutch | viervoudige-portie doseerprocede (four gobbing, quadruple gobbing, quadruple-gob feeding, quadruple-gob process). (various references) | |
Finnish | nelitippamenetelmä (four gobbing, quadruple gobbing, quadruple-gob feeding, quadruple-gob process). (various references) | |
French | gobbing, succession de renflement. (various references) | |
German | Ausbeulung, Ausbauchung (belly, bladder, bulging, expansion, strand bulging, swelling). (various references) | |
Greek | τροφοδότηση δια στάγματος. (various references) | |
Italian | rigonfiatura. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | obbinggay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sucessão de engrossamentos, "gobbing". (various references) | |
Spanish | irregularidad (irregularity). (various references) | |
Swedish | sammanbakning. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-g-g-i-n-o" | |
-1 letter: gibbon. | |
-2 letters: bingo, boing, going. | |
-3 letters: bong, gong, nogg. | |
-4 letters: bib, big, bin, bio, bob, bog, gib, gig, gin, gob, ion, nib, nob, nog, obi. | |
-5 letters: bi, bo, go, in, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-g-g-i-n-o" | |
+1 letter: gobbling. | |
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