shreds
Ribbons of paper
Shreds are small, irregular strips or pieces torn or cut from something larger: shredded cheese, shreds of fabric.
To shred is to tear or cut into such pieces—paper through a shredder, cabbage for coleslaw.
Figuratively, to shred something is to destroy it utterly: The defense attorney shredded the witness's testimony.
To be in shreds is to be ruined or falling apart.
Ragged scraps of cloth
- scrapsSmall remaining pieces
- ribbonsNarrow fabric strips
- stripsNarrow cut pieces
- sliversThin, sharp fragments
bits · pieces · remnants · wisps · strands · threads · fibers · flakes
Torn cloth pieces
threadbare · torn · frayed · dilapidated · weathered · moth-eaten · battered · shabby
tatters
Ragged scraps of cloth
slivers · bits · pieces · remnants · wisps · strands · threads · fibers · flakes · snippets
rags
Torn cloth pieces
ragged · threadbare · torn · frayed · dilapidated · weathered · moth-eaten · battered · shabby · decrepit
cheese
Fermented milk solid
- cheddarFirm aged English cheese
- mozzarellaMild Italian cheese
- parmesanGranular Italian grating cheese
cabbage · lettuce · carrots · coleslaw · coconut · paper · documents · chicken · pork · beef
proof
Demonstration of truth
hint · scrap · iota · ounce · bit · modicum · semblance · glimmer · speck · particle
- fragmentsfragment, shard, splinter, shards, sliver
- junktrash, garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste
- paper itemsconfetti, ticker tape, snippets, clippings, cuttings
- bitsbits, morsels, tidbits, snippets, scraps
- scrapsbits, scraps, remnants, shards, trimmings
- textile scrapsfabric scraps, lint, scraps, cuttings, clippings
- shredded cheeseCheese cut into strips
- rip to shredsDestroy by violent tearing
- paper shredderDevice slicing documents into strips
- shredded wheatPressed fiber cereal
- shredded coconutDried, cut palm fruit
- torn to shreds
shred, shredded, shredding, shredder, shredders, shreddings, unshredded