Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable)A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.

    Span

    стру́жкаstrúžka, опи́лкаopílka

    a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

  2. (uncountable)The action of having a shave.

  3. (Multicultural London English, countable, slang)A stabbing.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. You can always find plenty of wood shavings in the carpenter's workshop.

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  2. Tom opened the pencil sharpener and emptied the shavings out into the trash.

    ruТом раскрыл точилку для карандашей и высыпал стружку в мусорное ведро.

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  3. The best hot cocoa I've ever had was made from real chocolate shavings.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material:

Forms

plural: shavings
Singularshaving
Pluralshavings

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of brushing against while passing:grazingskimming
  • the act of removing hair with a razor:shave
  • a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something:paringsliver

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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