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METAL FILING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does metal filing mean?
• METAL FILING (noun)
The noun METAL FILING has 1 sense:
1. a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file
Familiarity information: METAL FILING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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