SIZING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sizing mean? 

• SIZING (noun)
  The noun SIZING has 1 sense:

1. any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

  Familiarity information: SIZING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIZING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

size; sizing

Context example:

size gives body to a fabric

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))

 Context examples 

A particle sizing operation not otherwise specified.

(Particle Sizing, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)