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Stock (material) suitable for making shims; often in the form of sheets of metal, plastic, or wood of various thicknesses, ready to have pieces cut out of them as needed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: trades
Topics: business, engineering, manufacturing, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- They keep 1-thou and 2-thou shimstock handy when they're building these assemblies.
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Antonyms: none provided
Metal foil used for measurement of proposed dental work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
Examples
- They keep 8-micron and 12-micron shimstock handy when they're evaluating the occlusion.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
