Ricing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    (Development of) undesirable, hard white granules in soap. uncountable

    "Fragrances can mutate; seizure and ricing are more common; and the soap batter traces rapidly."

  2. 2
    The act of harvesting wild rice. uncountable

    "[…] harvest wild rice with their families in other areas of the Great Lakes region. In 1939, the year Minnesota harvesters were required to purchase ricing licenses, a number of women harvested rice at Portage Lake and Perch Lake in central[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of rice form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
figging

Example

More examples

"Fragrances can mutate; seizure and ricing are more common; and the soap batter traces rapidly."

More for "ricing"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.