shavings in English

noun
1
a thin strip cut off a surface.
she brushed wood shavings from her knees
2
the action of shaving.
Tonight, being Halloween, is one of those nights when you can be glad if you live in a flat and the kids can't get to your front door to spray shaving foam through your letterbox.

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1. Oh yes.. that was close shavings!

2. A gust of wind fluttered the shavings wood.

3. Processed tuna (Maldive fish) is used as pieces or as shavings.

4. There's wood shavings embedded in what's left of the cranium.

5. One of those shavings would be the width of an atom.

6. Poultry House Crusting, Clean-outs (Total and Center), Leveling Shavings, and More

7. You scrape shavings off it with a stick that is split for a sharp edge.

8. Conveying materials that are too abrasive such as metal shavings can result in wearing down the Conveying line

9. During medieval times balls were normally made from an outer shell of leather filled with cork shavings.

10. Significantly more shavings, of 557 μg size (77–¶4188 μg), were produced when threads were at an angle of 20°.

11. 1 tablespoon grated Bottarga, plus Bottarga shavings, for serving Directions Instructions Checklist Step 1 Finely chop 5 garlic cloves

12. Even Cuter is Boots' choco cat gift set with jumbo mug plus cat, white chocolate mouse and chocolate shavings

13. First he takes about a double handful of shavings out of his grego pocket, and places them carefully before the idol; then laying a bit of ship biscuit on top and applying the flame from the lamp, he kindled the shavings into a sacrificial blaze.

14. Another way to take Astragalus is by using Astragalus tea which is made by steeping the shavings of the root in hot water

15. The man with the kidney lips folded his knife and stood up and brushed the whittle shavings out of his lap.

16. 5 Pulverized bark or even wood shavings can be used as it is so exposed to the air that denitrification is avoided.

17. Your Cornea can be scratched by contact with dust, dirt, sand, wood shavings, metal particles, contact lenses or even the edge of a piece of paper.

18. In a device for the removal, without shavings, of strips (2) from squared timber (1), an endless feed belt (6) is fitted in an adjustable-height frame (7).

19. Echire butter, Vermont Butter, Butters studded with shavings of truffles for extra luxury, and more! Plus, we carry all presentations – butter rolls, sheets, bar, even gorgeous baskets and individual portion cups.

20. 68.09*PANELS , BOARDS , TILES , BLOCKS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES OF VEGETABLE FIBRE , OF WOOD FIBRE , OF STRAW , OF WOOD SHAVINGS OR OF WOOD WASTE ( INCLUDING SAWDUST ) , AGGLOMERATED WITH CEMENT , PLASTER OR WITH OTHER MINERAL BINDING SUBSTANCES*

21. To meet its desire for rotting wood in its vicinity, I started it in soil into which I had buried many whole twigs before planting the Bunchberries, and I worked deeply into the soil a considerable amount of wood shavings in which our pet rats had pooped, besides organic matter from finished compost.

22. With so much media hype about pit bulls, it was good to read a balanced article showing that much of the problem is attributable to abusive owners (some actually feed their dogs gunpowder and/ or metal shavings) and uncontrolled inbreeding, either of which can cause instability in any breed of dog.

23. Combustible waste means Combustible waste material which is salvageable, retained or collected for scrap or reprocessing and may include all Combustible fibres, hay, straw, hair, feathers, down, wood shavings, turnings, all types of paper products, soiled cloth trimmings and cuttings, rubber trimmings and buffing, metal fines, and any mixture of the above items, or any other salvageable Combustible waste …