trimming
/ˈtɹɪmɪŋ/
trimming noun: the act or process of someone who trims. Also the present participle and gerund of trim.
Noun
trimming (countable and uncountable, plural trimmings)
- The act or process of someone who trims.
- An instance of that act or process.
- I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.
- Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
- He gave the trimmings to the dog under the kitchen table.
- An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
- “You must know I commissioned a particular friend of mine, Miss Moffat, to buy me a trimming when she went to Paris […].”1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.5
- An accessory or accompaniment.
- Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
- A reprimand or chastising.
- to give a boy a trimming
Also used as
trimming is also the present participle and gerund of trim.
trimming meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
trimming in Tamil
- டிரிம்மிங், டிரிமிங்
trimming in Urdu
- ٹرمنگ
trimming in Telugu
- ట్రిమ్మింగ్
trimming in Malayalam
- ട്രിമ്മിംഗ്, ട്രിമ്മിങ്
More languagesFewer languages
- trimming in Kannada
- ಟ್ರಿಮ್ಮಿಂಗ್, ಟ್ರಿಮಿಂಗ್, ಟ್ರಿಮ್ ಮಾಡುವುದು
- trimming in Punjabi
- ਟਰਿਮਿੰਗ, ਟਰਿੰਮਿੰਗ
- trimming in Gujarati
- ટ્રીમિંગ
- trimming in Nepali
- ट्रिमिङ, छाँटाइ, ट्रिमिंङ
Examples of trimming in a sentence
- Don't forget to take the trimmings down by twelfth night.
- The masons used rubble from their trimming of the face rocks as some of the hearting for the wall.
- At the end of the deboning, the separated pulp is transferred to trimming, trimming and ritual.
Forms of trimming
| plural | trimmings |
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Words formed from trimming
Phrases with trimming
Words that rhyme with trimming
Questions about trimming
- What does trimming mean?
- Trimming means the act or process of someone who trims.
- What is trimming in Tamil?
- Trimming in Tamil is டிரிம்மிங், டிரிமிங். See Trimming meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is trimming?
- Trimming is a noun.
- How do you pronounce trimming?
- Trimming is pronounced /ˈtɹɪmɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of trimming?
- The plural of trimming is trimmings.
Words near trimming in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: trimming (page history and authors); trimming (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimming (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimming (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimming (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimming (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimming (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimming (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trimming (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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