trimmings

trimmings
UK [ˈtrɪmɪŋz] / US noun [plural]
1) extra parts added to a meal to make it traditional or more interesting

We sat down to a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings.

2) parts that have been cut off something when it was trimmed
3) small objects or pieces of cloth used for decorating clothes and other things

English dictionary. 2014.

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  • trimmings — adornments, accessories, etc., 1610s, from TRIM (Cf. trim) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • trimmings — [n] accessories, extras accent, accompaniments, additions, clippings, decorations, fixings, frills, garnish, ornaments, supplements, trappings; concept 834 …   New thesaurus

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  • trimmings — n. garnishings with all the trimmings (turkey with all the trimmings) * * * [ garnishings ] with all the trimmings (turkey with all the trimmings) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • trimmings — noun (plural) 1 pieces of material used to decorate clothes: the fur trimmings on a hat 2 the small pieces that are left after you have cut something larger: hedge trimmings 3 all the trimmings BrE informal all the other types of food that are… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • trimmings — noun Trimmings is used after these nouns: ↑hedge …   Collocations dictionary

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  • trimmings —   1. Decorations. Nā mea ho onani, nā mea kīnohinohi; uiki (pipings).   2. Cuttings. Nā mea i oki oki ia.     Thatched house trimmings, loha …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • trimmings — noun the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity) an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it • Syn: ↑fixings • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form …   Useful english dictionary

  • trimmings — the cut off waste resulting from preparation of fish fillets …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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