grafting

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑːftɪŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæftɪŋ/

Noun

grafting (plural graftings)

  1. (horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
  2. (nautical) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
  3. (surgery) The transplanting of a portion of flesh, hair or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.
  4. (carpentry) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.

Derived terms

Verb

grafting

  1. present participle and gerund of graft

Translations

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