Dictionary Entry
swelling
swelling is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Swell. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Swell
- 2noun
The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.
- 3noun
A protuberance; a prominence
- 4noun
an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.
- 5noun
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
Synonyms
- 6noun
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"
"the hump of a camel"
- 7noun
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
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