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Plural of shaving

regular plural

The plural of shaving is shavings.

Forms of shaving

Singularshaving /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/
Pluralshavings
Countablecountable and uncountable

Shavings in a sentence

  • Another favourite is 'Ice Kachang' (a dessert made from ice shavings combined with various syrups and fruits).2007, June Meyer, Memories of Malaya, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 183. From the entry ice kachang
  • The conversation was interrupted by the entrée: blinchik with beef cheek filling, truffle shavings, caviar, and gold leaf.2019, Nick Mamatas, Sabbath, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN. From the entry blinchik
  • Thick shavings of Parmesan were plentiful, but the drizzle of “white truffle oil” promised on the menu had been forgotten.2009 May 29, Patricia Brooks, “A Retro Rebirth at a Storied Location”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry drizzle
  • As sandpaper is pushed across wood, the abrasive grains dig into the surface and cut out minute shavings, which are called swarf in industry jargon.2004, Strother Purdy, “Making Sense of Sandpaper”, in Traditional Finishing Techniques (The New Best of Fine Woodworking), Newtown, Conn.…. From the entry swarf
  • When Channing was a toddler, living outside Moscow, her babulya had sewn fresh pine shavings into scraps of army canvas, and placed them underneath the child’s pillow.2011 fall, Zana Previti, “Questions of Travel”, in Kate Gale, editor, The Los Angeles Review, volume 10, [Pasadena, Calif.]: Red Hen…. From the entry babulya

Meaning of shaving

  1. noun A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
  2. noun The action of having a shave.
  3. noun A stabbing.

Full definition of shaving

Questions about the plural of shaving

What is the plural of shaving?
The plural of shaving is shavings.
Is shaving countable?
Shaving is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shaving (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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