# whittawing

**Pronunciation:** WHITTAWING

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** noun

## Meaning

Whittawing means the art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife.

## Examples

- The article uses whittawing to mean the art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife.
- The teacher asked students to find whittawing in the reading.
- Check the words around whittawing to choose the right meaning.

## Common patterns

- a/the whittawing — Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — The article mentioned a whittawing.
- whittawing in context — Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — We checked whittawing in context before translating it.

## Collocations

- whittawing example — The teacher gave a whittawing example.
- whittawing meaning — We checked the whittawing meaning before moving on.

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