different between trimming vs skirting
trimming
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??m??/
Noun
trimming (countable and uncountable, plural trimmings)
- (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.
- Trimming hedges is easiest when the shears have recently been resharpened.
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.
- (countable) Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
- He gave the trimmings to the dog under the kitchen table.
- (historical) An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.5:
- “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
- (colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastising.
- to give a boy a trimming
Verb
trimming
- present participle of trim
- I am helping my elderly neighbour by trimming his hedge.
trimming From the web:
- what trimming means
- what trimmings go with roast beef
- what trimmings go with turkey
- what trimmings go with gammon
- what trimmings go with goose
- what trimmings go with steak
- what trimmings go with roast lamb
- what trimmings go with roast chicken
skirting
English
Verb
skirting
- present participle of skirt
Noun
skirting (countable and uncountable, plural skirtings)
- Skirting boards collectively.
- skirts collectively; material for skirts
- The act of one who skirts around something, or avoids it.
- 1982, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
- […] superficial: many of their descriptions, together with their own candid and often amusing comments and reactions, are well worth noting and reflecting upon; their skirtings around the laws of defamation are a joy to read and a lesson to us all; […]
- 1982, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
Anagrams
- striking
skirting From the web:
- what skirting board
- what skirting board to choose
- what skirting boards are in fashion
- what skirting to use in bathroom
- what skirting board do i have
- what skirting is used for mobile homes
- what skirting board to use
- what skirting tiles
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- trimming vs skirting
- mechanical vs lukewarm
- unreal vs fictitious
- working vs experienced
- blase vs unheeding
- precept vs rudiment
- enable vs offer
- object vs determination
- interruption vs distraction
- glorious vs ecstatic
- machiavellian vs devious
- gaol vs restrain
- contiguity vs accessibility
- design vs incitement
- wind vs entwine
- catastrophe vs upheaval
- intellect vs brainpower
- stay vs obstruct
- hallowed vs religious
- sickening vs evil