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What (who) is turnings - definition

FILING DEBRIS OR WASTE RESULTING FROM MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
Turnings; Chip pan (machine shop); Shavings; Chip (waste)
  • Metal grinding produces ''grinding swarf''.

turnings         
shavings of wood resulting from turning wood on a lathe.
shavings         
n. wood shavings
Swarf         
·vi To grow languid; to Faint.
II. Swarf ·noun The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.

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Swarf

Swarf, also known as chips or by other process-specific names (such as turnings, filings, or shavings), are pieces of metal, wood, or plastic that are the debris or waste resulting from machining, woodworking, or similar subtractive (material-removing) manufacturing processes. Swarf can be small particles (such as the gritty swarf from grinding metal or the sawdust from sawing or sanding wood); long, stringy tendrils (such as the springy chips from turning tough metals, or long shavings from whittling); slag-like waste (such as is produced within pipe during pipefitting work); or stone fragments and dust (as in masonry).

Some of these terms are mass nouns (such as swarf and sawdust) and some of them are count nouns (such as chips, filings, or shavings).

Wood swarf is discussed at sawdust.

Examples of use of turnings
1. I could still make those mistakes and take those wrong turnings.
2. Scroll down for more ... Daniel Craig puts everything into his roles, shooting some dramatic bus–chase sequences for the new Bond film Quantum Of Solace, in Siena, Italy "Flashbacks Of A Fool is in part about a guy who has taken wrong turnings, in his life and career, and hasn‘t managed his life properly," he says.
3. The court, which has now gained a lawyer specializing in civil and commercial law, should also be enriched soon with another private–sector attorney specializing in criminal law – someone familiar with the twistings and turnings of the wheels of justice from "the other side of the fence": the defense.