Tilting

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act denoted by the verb tilt, in seismology, any motion of the earth's crust which produces an inclination of objects from the vertical position.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
  • noun. The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
  • noun. a helmet of large size and unusual weight and strength, worn at tilts.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of tilt.
  • noun. The motion of something that tilts; a tilt.
  • noun. The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
  • Word Usage
    "Take the cheesecake out of the fridge and pour the ganache over the caramel, once again tilting the pan to coat the top evenly."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    quilting  wilting  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aslant  aslope  atilt  bevel  beveled  
    verb-stem
    tilt