wood shavings
Carpenter's floor debris
Wood shavings are thin curls or strips of wood produced when cutting, planing, or whittling.
They serve as packing material, animal bedding, kindling, or garden mulch.
The carpenter swept up the wood shavings from the floor.
Also called shavings when the context is clear.
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
- fire starterCombustion initiator
- excelsiorCurled packing shavings
- planeWinged flying vehicle
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
spokeshave · lathe · mulch · absorbent · curly · biodegradable · splinters · carpentry · drawknife · tinder · aromatic · chisel · packaging · compost · woodwork · furniture making · flammable · fragrant
- green woodworkingbodger, drawknife, greenwood, cleaving, riving
- fire hazardswildfire, gasoline, forest fire, matches, house fire
- fire startersmatch, matches, lighter, lighters, matchsticks
- Flammablesgasoline, kerosene, propane, butane, acetone
- animal beddingstraw, hay, sawdust, rubber mats
- firestartersmatches, lighter, flint, tinder bundle, kindling
particle size/coarseness
wood shavingssawdust
Powdery timber waste
lumber · fine particles · timber · wood chips · wood blocks