shavings; filings; scrapings
Refers to small pieces or powder produced by shaving, filing, or scraping a material such as wood, metal, or plastic.
Wood shavings were scattered on the workbench.
I vacuumed up the metal filings from filing the metal.
Standard kanji spelling using 粕 for 'scrap/residue'.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, common in everyday writing.
Uses the less common kanji 滓 for 'dregs/residue'; rarely seen.
Compound of 削り (けずり, 'shaving', from 削る) and 粕 (かす, 'scrap, residue').