noun
- A worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs.
- usage: "untouched by the pruner's axe"
- synonyms: pruner
- A machine that trims timber.
- Capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments.
- synonyms: trimming capacitor
- Joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc..
- synonyms: trimmer joist
adjective
- Thin and fit.
- usage: "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
- Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder.
- usage: "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
- Neat and smart in appearance.
- usage: "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard"
- Severely simple in line or design.
- usage: "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains"
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