trimming

1. 1.

   the act of adding decoration

   “the children had to be in bed before it was time for the trimming of the tree”

   Broaderdecoration
2. 2.

   a decoration or adornment on a garment

   “the trimming on a hat”

   “the trim on a shirt”

   Synonymstrimpassementerie

   Broaderadornment

   Narrowerbraidminiverrickrack
3. 3.

   cutting down to the desired size or shape

   Synonymstrimclipping

   Broadercut

   Narrowerpruning

Other forms of trimming

plural

trimmings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trimming

What does trimming mean?

trimming means "the act of adding decoration". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trimming?

trimming has 2 syllables: trim-ming. The stress falls on "trim". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɪmɪŋ/.

What is another word for trimming?

Close synonyms include trim, passementerie, trim, clipping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trimming a common word?

trimming is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.