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Definition of "lashings" []

  • Chiefly British Lavish quantities. (noun-plural)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lashings" in a sentence
  • "Either way, Kylie's version discards the 80s musical backing, chucks in lashings of strings and features some lovely vocal gymnastics towards the end."
  • "Marc Almond, pretty in lashings of eyeliner decades before his time."
  • "And for all the verbal lashings from the fans and the media, he stood in there and took it, wide receiver Derrick Mason said."