Definition
Thin strips or curls of material (like wood or metal) removed by scraping or cutting.
Etymology
From shave (to cut with a razor or blade) plus -ing. Wood shavings have been used for centuries as kindling, packing material, and bedding for animals.
Kelly Says
Wood shavings are used in everything—sawdust for fuel, wood shavings for animal bedding, metal shavings for recycling—and they're basically 'industrial waste' that industries figured out how to repurpose into useful materials.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንቁላል (inqilaal)
en-kwee-lah
ARالعربية
شرائح (shura'iḥ)
shuh-rah-eeh
BNবাংলা
ছোটো টুকরা (chhoto tukra)
chhoto too-kra
CACatalà
escames
es-kah-mes
CSČeština
špalky
shpal-kee
DEDeutsch
Späne
shpayn-eh
ELΕλληνικά
κομμάτια ξύλου (kommátia xýlou)
kom-ma-tee-ah hee-loo
ESEspañol
virutas
vir-oo-tas
FAفارسی
کره (kera)
keh-rah
GUGU
ચૂરા (chura)
choo-rah
HEעברית
עיסות עץ (e'usot etz)
eh-oo-soht etz
HIहिन्दी
चूरा (chura)
choo-rah
HUMagyar
fapecske
fa-pec-skeh
IDBahasa Indonesia
serpihan
ser-pee-han
ITItaliano
trucioli
troo-choh-lee
KKKK
тұқым (tukyım)
too-ky-eem
KO한국어
곱슬 (gopsseul)
gop-sseul
MRMR
कचरा (kachara)
ka-cha-rah
MSBahasa Melayu
serpihan
ser-pee-han
MYမြန်မာ
ရွက်ကြွက် (ywetkywet)
yweh-t-kweh-t
NLNederlands
splinters
splin-ters
PAPA
ਖੁਸ਼ਕ (khushk)
khushk
PLPolski
wiórki
vee-ork-ee
PTPortuguês
lascas
lahs-kahs
RORomână
râșină
ra-shee-nah
RUРусский
стружки (struzhki)
stroo-zhki
TAதமிழ்
தட்டையான துண்டுகள் (tattaiyaana thundukal)
tat-tai-ya-na thun-du-kaal
TEతెలుగు
చిన్న ముక్కలు (chinna mukkalu)
chin-na mu-kka-loo
TRTürkçe
kırıntı
kir-in-twee
UKУкраїнська
стружки (struzhky)
stroo-zhky
URاردو
چھوٹے ٹکڑے (choṭe tukṛe)
cho-tay tuk-reh
VITiếng Việt
vụn gỗ (vụn gỗ)
voohn goh
ZH中文
木屑 (mùxiè)
moo-hsieh
ZUZU
amaqhawe
ah-mah-khaw-eh