filing
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- noun
- /ˈfaɪlɪŋ/
- Specialized
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limadura
- The woodworker carefully collected the filings from the table after shaping the pieces.
- iron filings
They're essentially, you know, filings of iron that have been amalgamated onto a, a metal stick.
- They're essentially, you know, filings of iron that have been amalgamated onto a, a metal stick.
Examples
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Sometimes he wondered if his body naturally attracted projectiles and sharp instruments the way a magnet draws metal filings.
Fiction book (1999) -
So obviously it's magnetic, but isn't that strange to have so much iron filings around here?
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There was a smell of oil and metal filings in the air.
Fiction book (1993) -
So was the taste of iron filings beginning to fill his mouth.
Fiction book (2000) -
That really does taste like iron filings.
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Christina moved toward the fire like an iron filing slithering toward a magnet.
Fiction book (1990) -
Worse, iron filings were one of the giant's main ingredients, and on exposure to air, it began rusting.
Academic text (2005) -
So those iron filings grains will all behave differently in the presence of a magnetic field.
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When iron filings are put near a simple bar magnet on Earth, the filings show a pattern.
Academic text (1991) -
The hairs on my arms and neck are anxious, like iron filings around a magnet.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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A tiny piece of iron that comes off metal when you scrape it, used to show how magnets work
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Small thin pieces of metal that come off when you scrape metal
Compounds
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A tiny piece of iron that comes off metal when you scrape it, used to show how magnets work
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Etymology
Filing comes from the tool file, which you use to scrape or rub metal or wood. The tiny pieces that come off are called 'filings', so the word names those small shavings.