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shimstocks

shimstocks is the plural of shimstock.

Meaning of shimstock

Noun

shimstock (countable and uncountable, plural shimstocks)

  1. (trades) Stock (material) suitable for making shims; often in the form of sheets of metal, plastic, or wood of various thicknesses, ready to have pieces cut out of them as needed.
    • They keep 1-thou and 2-thou shimstock handy when they're building these assemblies.
  2. Metal foil used for measurement of proposed dental work.
    • They keep 8-micron and 12-micron shimstock handy when they're evaluating the occlusion.

Questions about shimstocks

What is shimstocks the plural of?
Shimstocks is the plural of shimstock.

Words near shimstocks in the dictionary

  1. Shimps
  2. shims
  3. Shimsha
  4. Shimshon
  5. shimstock
  6. shimstocks
  7. Shimura
  8. Shimuras
  9. Shimwali
  10. Shimwell
  11. Shimwells

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