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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
trimmings
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
use
▪ To add extra flavour to the soup, Steve used the trimmings from the broccoli that went into the fish terrine.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ She wore a blue velvet gown with black trimmings.
▪ tree trimmings
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Farrah was dressed in a new white romper suit with pink trimmings.
▪ Flute the edges of the pie and decorate with the pastry trimmings.
▪ Meat cuts used include pork shoulders; beef chuck, brisket, and flank; and trimmings of all kinds.
▪ Mould a little bird for the top of the hutch, if liked, from brown fondant trimmings.
▪ The 1, 200 boxes include everything from chunks of concrete he fetched from the street to trimmings from his own mustache.
▪ The graceful brass plated trimmings and finials are complemented here by the solid pine Osborne surround.
▪ The loose trimmings I wrap in cloth to bury under you.
▪ Using black trimmings, shape the front and rear bumpers and a rectangle for the radiator.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
trimmings

"adornments, accessories, etc.," 1610s, from trim (v.).

Wiktionary
trimmings

n. 1 accompaniment to a meal. 2 (context British English) domestic decorations for a room, especially Christmas decorations.

WordNet
trimmings

n. 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 examples of "trimmings".

Will you tell me why, when it comes to a building, you don't want it to look as if it had any sense or purpose, you want to choke it with trimmings, you want to sacrifice its purpose to its envelope--not knowing even why you want that kind of an envelope?

You wanted an act to help your act--a beautiful, complicated act, all twists, trimmings and words.

Would anyone believe that when Tom’s wife died, he actually could not be induced to see the importance of the children’s having the deepest of trimmings to their mourning?

With just four more dexterous flips of the knife he would assemble the trimmings into a perfectly fitting jigsaw of pieces on top of the primary slice.

For every sandwich the size and shape of the trimmings were different, but the Sandwich Maker would always effortlessly and without hesitation assemble them into a pattern which fitted perfectly.

A second layer of meat and a second layer of trimmings, and the main act of creation would be accomplished.

He flipped each slice of meat neatly on to a slice of bread, trimmed it and assembled all the trimmings into their jigsaw.