concrete. A piece cut off; esp. a shred made in preparing or trimming an object for use.

A piece cut off, a cutting; a portion, strip, slice, bit, shred.

The product of this action, a small piece clipped off, a cutting, paring, shaving; a shred of cloth, a portion pared from a coin, etc.

A piece chopped off; a slice, cutlet. Also figurative.

Something which is cut off with shears or some other sharp implement. Now only plural.

A piece of an object that has been cut or broken up; something that has been shorn or cut off.

A result or product of chopping. Obsolete.

A small piece or slip, esp. of cloth, cut off or out; a shred.

A piece or section cut out or broken away from something; (in later use) spec. a slice of something. Obsolete (regional in later use).

A part or piece snipped or cut off; a clipping, cutting. Usually in plural.

A piece cut off, esp. in making or shaping something else.

A small piece cut off; a small fragment or portion.

A piece or quantity cut off; a cutting (of anything).