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wood shavings

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006853

A small wood particle of indefinite dimensions developed incidental to certain woodworking operations involving rotary cutterheads usually turning in the direction of the grain. This cutting action produces a thin chip of varying thickness, usually feathered along at least one edge and thick at another and generally curled.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006853
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
ReferencesForest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsowood residues; wood wool
TranslationsSpanish: virutas de madera
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006853",
  "term": "wood shavings",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A small wood particle of indefinite dimensions developed incidental to certain woodworking operations involving rotary cutterheads usually turning in the direction of the grain. This cutting action produces a thin chip of varying thickness, usually feathered along at least one edge and thick at another and generally curled.",
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "wood residues",
    "wood wool"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Forest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "virutas de madera"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/wood-shavings/"
}

Record 6,853 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.