Meanings
nounshaving (countable and uncountable, plural shavings)
plural shavings
- uncountableThe action of having a shave.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of shave
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nouna thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian стру́жка
- стру́жка (strúžka)A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Catalan allisadures, encenall
- allisaduresA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- encenallA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- llimallaA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- llimadures (metall)A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Czech špona
- šponaA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Danish spån
- spånA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Dutch schaafsel
- schaafselA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Finnish lastu
- lastuA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
French copeau
- copeauA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
German Span
- SpanA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Greek πριονίδια, ρινίσματα
- πριονίδια (prionídia)A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- ρινίσματα (rinísmata)A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Hungarian forgács
- forgácsA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Italian scaglietta, scheggia
- scagliettaA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- scheggiaA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- scagliaA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Latin ramentum
- ramentumA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Māori kotakota, kūkā
- kotakotaA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- kūkāA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- warungaA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Portuguese apara, raspa
- aparaA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- raspaA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Russian стру́жка, опи́лка
- стру́жка (strúžka)A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- опи́лка (opílka)A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Spanish viruta, fruslero
- virutaA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- frusleroA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- limaduraA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- raeduraA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- ralladuraA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Swedish spån, borrspån
- spånA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- borrspånA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- hyvelspånA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
- sågspånA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Thai ขี้กบ
- ขี้กบA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
shaving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shaving
MLA
“shaving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shaving. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shaving,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shaving.
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