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whittlings

whittlings is the plural of whittling.

Meaning of whittling

Noun

whittling (plural whittlings)

  1. (plural-normally) A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.
  2. The art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife.
  3. A process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood (non-artistic).
  4. (broadly, figuratively) The reducing of something by degrees, especially at the expense of some effort.
    • a whittling down

Questions about whittlings

What is whittlings the plural of?
Whittlings is the plural of whittling.

Words near whittlings in the dictionary

  1. Whittlestone
  2. whittling
  3. whittling down
  4. whittling down to size
  5. whittling the whalebone
  6. whittlings
  7. Whittock
  8. Whittocks
  9. Whittome
  10. Whittomes
  11. Whitton

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