Definitions

shim

[shim] / ʃɪm /

NOUN

filling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dressing layer mixture stuffing

STRONG

bushing cartridge center cylinder fill filler inlay innards inside insides liner pack packing pad padding refill replenishment wad wadding

Antonyms

STRONG

exteriority outside

NOUN

filling/filler

Synonyms

WEAK

bushing capacity batting cartridge center content contents cylinder dressing fill guts impletion inlay innards inside layer liner mixture pack packing pad padding refill replenishment stuffing wad wadding

Antonyms

WEAK

emptiness

NOUN

wedge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chunk

STRONG

block chock cleat cotter cusp keystone lump prong quoin spire taper

Antonyms

WEAK

whole

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"No-one takes responsibility," says Shim Jin-tae, an 83-year-old survivor.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

"Hapcheon already had a leper colony," Mr Shim explains.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Mr Shim now lives in Hapcheon, South Korea: a small county which, having become the home of dozens of survivors like he and Ms Lee, has been dubbed "Korea's Hiroshima".

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

When a tech company moved into a house next to her Venice Beach boardwalk sunglasses stand three years ago, Maria Shim had no idea that it would eventually become her competition.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

On the Shim river, a fairly important though minor tributary of the Obi, is Patropavlosk, with a population already of 20,000.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther

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