pairing
/ˈpɛərɪŋ
/noun
1An arrangement or match resulting from forming people or things into pairs: the dancers made a fine pairing...
- As to the rest I am prepared to let you chose the order and the pairings amongst yourselves.
- What happens to the relationship between aunt/uncle and nephew/niece pairings?
- Two weeks earlier Claudia had sent out the randomised pairings via e-mail and set the limit to £10 per gift.
1.1 [mass noun] The action of pairing things or people: the pairing of food and wine...
- Because translocations alter the normal patterns of chromosome pairing and recombination, this technique is useful only for placing genes to a chromosome arm.
- Hard and fast rules of wine and food pairing may be a thing of the past, but a few basic matchmaking ‘do's’ make sense and serve only to enhance the dining experience.
- The how-to's of successful pairing of beer with food while driving sales were uncovered in a workshop hosted by beer expert and Cheers columnist Stephen Beaumont.
