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trimmings

trimmings noun: accompaniments to a meal. Also the plural of trimming.

Noun

trimmings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Accompaniments to a meal.
  2. (UK, plural, plural-only) Domestic decorations for a room, especially Christmas decorations.
    • Don't forget to take the trimmings down by twelfth night.

Also used as

trimmings is also the plural of trimming.

Words formed from trimmings

Questions about trimmings

What does trimmings mean?
Trimmings means accompaniments to a meal.
What part of speech is trimmings?
Trimmings is a noun.

Words near trimmings in the dictionary

  1. trimming
  2. trimming down to size
  3. trimming one's sails
  4. trimming up
  5. trimmingly
  6. trimmings
  7. Trimms
  8. trimnasium
  9. trimnasiums
  10. Trimnell
  11. Trimnells

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