honing

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊnɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊnɪŋ/

honing

1. present participle of hone

honing (plural honings)

1. The process by which something is honed.
   • 2007, Fine Woodworking (issues 195-201, page 57)

     In future honings, you'll assume the tip is touching the stone on the back when it is, in fact, above the stone's surface.

• honig (dialectal, archaic)

Honing en brood
Honey and bread

From Middle Dutch honinch (“honey”), from Old Dutch honing, from Proto-Germanic *hunangą. Cognate with English honey and German Honig.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦoː.nɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: ho‧ning
• Rhymes: -oːnɪŋ

honing m (uncountable)

1. honey

In older publications, the reader can also encounter the word with the neutral gender.

• zeem

• bijenhoning
• bloemenhoning
• honingbij (“honeybee”)
• honingraat

• Afrikaans: heuning