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SHIM (shimmed, shimming)
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Irregular inflected forms: shimmed , shimming
, shimming Dictionary entry overview: What does shim mean?
• SHIM (noun)
The noun SHIM has 1 sense:
1. a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices
Familiarity information: SHIM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shim" is a kind of...):
wedge (something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them)
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