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trimming

[ trim-ing ]

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noun

anything used or serving to decorate or complete:
the trimmings of a Christmas tree.
Usually trimmings. an accompaniment or garnish to a main dish:
roast turkey with all the trimmings.
trimmings, pieces cut off in trimming, clipping, paring, or pruning.
the act of a person or thing that trims.
Informal. a beating or thrashing.
Informal. a defeat:
Our team took quite a trimming.

trimming

/ ˈtrɪmɪŋ /

noun

an extra piece used to decorate or complete
plural usual or traditional accompaniments
roast turkey with all the trimmings
plural parts that are cut off
dialect.
plural ornaments; decorations
Christmas trimmings
informal.
a reproof, beating, or defeat

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Word History and Origins

Origin of trimming¹

First recorded in 1510–20; trim + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

Which it is, despite some trimming of the drinks and wine lists and a format switch.

From Washington Post

Owner Louis Lassen improvised by giving him a patty of the restaurant’s steak trimmings between two pieces of toast.

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I haven’t been so successful, aside from saving some onion and garlic skins and veg trimmings in my freezer for periodic brothmaking.

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Ceramic blades tend to stay cooler throughout the trimming process.

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Naturally, I have to impress him with my culinary talents, so I cross my fingers and cook a turkey-for-two and some of the trimmings to share in my 9×9 dining room.

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trimmer arch trimodal

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