Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lashings

1 sense of lashings

Sense 1
tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings -- (a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers")
       => large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount -- (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lashing

2 senses of lashing

Sense 1
whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation -- (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)
       => beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking -- (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)

Sense 2
lashing -- (rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings")
       => rope -- (a strong line)
       => fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing -- (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

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