kürzungsware

English translation: offcuts

05:52 Dec 17, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / website
German term or phrase: kürzungsware
I am translating website of a wood supplier.
Kshitija Athavale
India
Local time: 14:19
English translation:offcuts
Explanation:
We class an offcut as ANY PLANED TIMBER UP TO 120CM LONG.
Can include longer lengths if less than 10cm wide.
***PLEASE NOTE*** Very small offcuts from 50p to approx £25 value will rarely be listed online but WILL be available in the self selection woodshop at our premises OR supplied as offcuts boxes
https://www.thewoodplace.com/offcuts/

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Lancashireman
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Local time: 08:49
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2offcuts
Lancashireman
4 +1cutback items
Cillie Swart
3shorts
Brent Sørensen


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shorts


Explanation:


I found this partial glossary online. It contains wood vocabulary.
“shorts” is given as the gloss for “Kürzungsware”

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-12-17 07:18:56 GMT)
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Here is a forum where users discuss the definition of “shorts”:
https://www.finehomebuilding.com/forum/hardwood-shorts-defin...

Brent Sørensen
Germany
Local time: 09:49
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
offcuts


Explanation:
We class an offcut as ANY PLANED TIMBER UP TO 120CM LONG.
Can include longer lengths if less than 10cm wide.
***PLEASE NOTE*** Very small offcuts from 50p to approx £25 value will rarely be listed online but WILL be available in the self selection woodshop at our premises OR supplied as offcuts boxes
https://www.thewoodplace.com/offcuts/



Lancashireman
United Kingdom
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agree  Cillie Swart: nice solution
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6 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cutback items


Explanation:
see reference - seems to fall into the category of types of sawn timber...


    https://hutter-holz.at/saegewerk/
Cillie Swart
South Africa
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