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Shred vs Chiffonier - What's the difference?

shred | chiffonier |

As nouns the difference between shred and chiffonier

is that shred is a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip while chiffonier is a tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.

As a verb shred

is to cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.

shred

English

(wikipedia shred)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • shreds of tanned leather
  • In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
    • There isn't a shred of evidence to support his claims.
    (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    Related terms

    * screed

    Verb

  • To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
    • (Chaucer)
  • *
  • (obsolete) To lop; to prune; to trim.
  • (snowboarding) To ride aggressively.
  • (bodybuilding) To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
  • (music, slang) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).

    • Derived terms

    * shredder

    References

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    chiffonier

    English

    Alternative forms

    * chiffonnier

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
  • *, chapter=10
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier ; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}
  • *1936 , (Djuna Barnes), (Nightwood) , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 71:
  • *:From the half-open drawers of this chiffonnier hung laces, ribands, stockings, ladies' underclothing and an abdominal brace, which gave the impression that the feminine finery had suffered venery.
  • One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
  • A receptacle for rags or shreds.

    • Synonyms

    * cheffonier