METAL FILING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("metal filing" is a kind of...):

filing (a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metal filing"):

iron filing (a fragment of iron rubbed off by the use of a file)

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