Word Meaning

parting definition and meaning

p. pr. & vb. n. of Part
v. Serving to part; dividing; separating.
v. Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.
v. Departing.
v. Admitting of being parted; partible.
n. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
n. A separation; a leave-taking.
n. A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
n. The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.
n. The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
n. A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
n. The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
n. Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

Crossword clues for parting

- Dividing line of combed hair
- Farewell
- Splitting hairs