shaving

Contents

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ

Noun

shaving (countable and uncountable, plural shavings)

1. (countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
2. (uncountable) The action of having a shave.

Translations

A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: špona f (metal)
• Finnish: lastu (fi)
• German: Span (de) m
• Greek: πριονίδια n pl (prionídia) (wood), ρινίσματα n pl (rinísmata) (metal)

• Italian: scaglietta f, scheggia (it) f, scaglia (it) f
• Maori: kotakota, kūkā, warunga
• Portuguese: apara (pt) f, raspa (pt)
• Russian: стру́жка (ru) f (strúžka), опи́лка (ru) f (opílka)
• Swedish: spån (sv) n, borrspån n, hyvelspån n, sågspån (sv) n

Verb

shaving

1. present participle of shave

Derived terms

• shaving brush
• shaving bump
• shaving cream

• shaving foam
• shaving gel
• yak shaving

Anagrams

• havings