trimmings (noun)

  • 1trimmings — noun (plural) 1 pieces of material used to decorate clothes: the fur trimmings on a hat 2 the small pieces that are left after you have cut something larger: hedge trimmings 3 all the trimmings BrE informal all the other types of food that are… …

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  • 2trimmings — noun Trimmings is used after these nouns: ↑hedge …

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  • 3trimmings — noun the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity) an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it • Syn: ↑fixings • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form …

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  • 4trimmings — noun a) Accompaniments to a meal. b) Domestic decorations for a room, especially Christmas decorations …

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  • 5trimmings — trim|mings [ trımıŋz ] noun plural 1. ) extra parts added to a meal to make it traditional or more interesting: We sat down to a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. 2. ) small objects or pieces of cloth used for decorating clothes and… …

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  • 6trimmings — UK [ˈtrɪmɪŋz] / US noun [plural] 1) extra parts added to a meal to make it traditional or more interesting We sat down to a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. 2) parts that have been cut off something when it was trimmed 3) small objects or …

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  • 7trimmings — [ˈtrɪmɪŋz] noun [plural] 1) extra parts that are added to a meal to make it traditional or more interesting 2) small objects or pieces of cloth that are used for decorating things such as clothes …

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  • 8fur seal — noun 1. an eared seal of the northern Pacific • Hypernyms: ↑eared seal • Hyponyms: ↑Alaska fur seal, ↑Callorhinus ursinus • Member Holonyms: ↑Callorhinus, ↑genus Callorhinus …

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  • 9hedge — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high (esp. BrE), low, tall, thick ▪ A tall hedge separates the two properties. ▪ boundary, garden (both esp. BrE) …

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  • 10offal — noun Etymology: Middle English, from of off + fall Date: 14th century 1. the waste or by product of a process: as a. trimmings of a hide b. the by products of milling used especially for stock feeds c. the viscera and trimmings of a butchered… …

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