"festooning" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: festoonings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} festooning (plural festoonings)
  1. Material with which something is festooned.
    Sense id: en-festooning-en-noun-wPote113
  2. The act of honeybees to join together in a chain.
    Sense id: en-festooning-en-noun-YMOA1P4a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 59 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 72 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 78 11

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} festooning
  1. present participle and gerund of festoon Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: festoon
    Sense id: en-festooning-en-verb-oSuXote9

Inflected forms

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