TRIMMINGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trimmings mean? 

• TRIMMINGS (noun)
  The noun TRIMMINGS has 1 sense:

1. the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)

  Familiarity information: TRIMMINGS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIMMINGS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fixings; trimmings

Context example:

he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it

Hypernyms ("trimmings" is a kind of...):

accessory; add-on; appurtenance; supplement (a supplementary component that improves capability)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

 Context examples 

We are getting too fine for our work with these new-fangled epaulettes and quarter-deck trimmings.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yes, I know exactly what you will say: Friday, went to the Lower Rooms; wore my sprigged muslin robe with blue trimmings—plain black shoes—appeared to much advantage; but was strangely harassed by a queer, half-witted man, who would make me dance with him, and distressed me by his nonsense.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)