shim
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8.2
- noun
- /ʃɪm/
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- To install the cabinet properly, use wooden shims to ensure it is level and secure.
As for what I would do, copper shims are always going to be the best.
- As for what I would do, copper shims are always going to be the best.
- Reality requires shims at every turn.
Examples
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I knocked those pieces in and nailed them into place, and I did have to use some shims to make sure that everything was really tight.
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I leveled the mold with old business cards, the shims, and started mixing the epoxy.
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Reality requires shims at every turn.
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As for what I would do, copper shims are always going to be the best.
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All I had to do was turn the little shims so that the pipe ran back toward the house.
Fiction book (1995) -
The first new feature was the use of magnetic shims.
Academic text (2006) -
That made the job much harder because I had to place shims here and there for eye leveling them.
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"Shims of tissue paper were inserted and the wobble seemed to be reduced.
Fiction book (1992) -
Nobody had ever bothered to slip in a foundation, just shims beneath the appliances.
Fiction book (2002) -
Everyone else had gone on to do other things, so I cut some shims of wood to place under the pipe so that it ran downhill slightly, away from the house.
Fiction book (1995)
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Etymology
The word shim began as the name for a thin piece of material used to 'fill a gap' or make something level. Think of a small 'wedge' you slip under a table leg to stop wobbling, which makes the meaning easy to remember.