1. thin curls or strips of wood, metal, or other material removed by cutting or scraping with a sharp tool
Usage: plural form

Examples

• Wood shavings covered the floor of the carpenter’s workshop.
• He collected the metal shavings after drilling the holes.
• The pencil sharpener was full of pencil shavings.
• She swept up the wood shavings from around the workbench.
• The machinist carefully disposed of the steel shavings.
• Chocolate shavings decorated the top of the cake.