wood shavings

  • 11wood wool — n. long and fine wood shavings; wood fibre which is not compressed and prepared in a special manner for surgical dressings …

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  • 12wood wool — noun Brit. a mass of fine, soft wood shavings, used as a packing material …

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  • 13Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …

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  • 14wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …

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  • 15wood — noun 1 what trees are made of ADJECTIVE ▪ hard ▪ soft ▪ Pine is a soft wood. ▪ dark ▪ The house had dark wood floors …

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  • 16Wood — n. 1 a a hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub. b this cut for timber or for fuel, or for use in crafts, manufacture, etc. 2 (in sing. or pl.) growing trees densely occupying a tract of… …

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  • 17wood — n. 1 a a hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub. b this cut for timber or for fuel, or for use in crafts, manufacture, etc. 2 (in sing. or pl.) growing trees densely occupying a tract of… …

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  • 18shavings — shav|ings [ ʃeıvıŋz ] noun plural thin pieces that have been cut from the surface of something, especially wood or cheese …

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  • 19shavings — n. small thin pieces of wood that have been cut or scraped from a board shav·ing || ʃeɪvɪŋ n. removal of body hair with a razor; cutting of thin slices; thin slice …

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  • 20shavings — UK [ˈʃeɪvɪŋz] / US noun [plural] thin pieces that have been cut from the surface of something, especially wood or cheese …

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