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wiring

verbnounattested in dialogue

A set of electric wires.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of wirepresent participle and gerund of wire

Etymology

From wire + -ing.

noun

  1. 1

    A set of electric wires.

    They had to replace most of the wiring after the fire.

  2. 2

    The act or process of installing such a set of wires.

    The plumbing is done, and the wiring comes next.

    The wiring of the American farm put power for countless tasks available at the flip of a switch.

Forms

plural
wirings
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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