Small leftover pieces from cutting, carving, or shaving materials like wood, metal, or paper.
Pencil shavings are scattered on the desk.
The carpenter cleaned up the wood scraps.
Full kanji spelling; 屑 is a less common kanji, so the mixed form is more frequent.
Compound of 切り (stem of 切る 'to cut') and くず (屑 'scrap, waste').