边角料

邊角料

biānjiǎoliào

noun #63,069

Meanings

HSK 7-9

妈妈用做衣服剩下的边角料缝了一个小包。

Māma yòng zuò yīfu shèngxià de biānjiǎoliào féng le yí ge xiǎo bāo.

Mom sewed a small bag out of the scraps left over from making clothes.

HSK 7-9

木工把边角料收集起来，做成了几个小板凳。

Mùgōng bǎ biānjiǎoliào shōují qǐlai, zuòchéng le jǐ ge xiǎo bǎndèng.

The carpenter gathered up the offcuts and made them into a few small stools.

usage

边角 'edges and corners' + 料 'material': what is left around the edges once a piece has been cut out. For cloth, tailors also say 料头.

边 biān

角 jiǎo

料 liào