English Dictionary

swarf

/swɔːf/

noun

(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. / (countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.

I cleaned up the swarf from the workshop floor.

意味（1）

(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.

Filings of iron, called Swarf, the barrel — — 0 [shillings] 2 [pence]

意味（2）

(countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.

These swarfs, especially if they are of the tin bronze type, can usually be re-melted, after passing over a magnetic separator, by adding a small percentage to each charge of the alloy issued to the foundry for melting.