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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(engineering, trades, manufacturing) 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..
They keep 1-thou and 2-thou shimstock handy when they're building these assemblies.
They keep 8-micron and 12-micron shimstock handy when they're evaluating the occlusion.
Use shimstock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shimstock means (engineering, trades, manufacturing) 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..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They keep 1-thou and 2-thou shimstock handy when they're building these assemblies.
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