SIZING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

Example:

size gives body to a fabric

Synonyms:

size; sizing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("sizing" is a kind of...):

filler (used for filling cracks or holes in a surface)

Derivation:

size (cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance))

-ing form of the verb size