: cut or torn into shreds
shredded cheese
shredded paper
shredded chicken
Make a worm farm by drilling tiny holes in the bottom of the bucket. Add worms, leaves, grass clippings, peat moss and damp shredded newspaper.—
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Top each tortilla with a pinch of shredded cabbage and some of the cooked fish, then, using a slotted spoon, top each one with the cucumber- avocado salsa.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Whataburger advises customers who want to elevate their taste experience to top the taco with Monterey Jack or shredded cheese, bacon, avocado, jalapenos and Whataburger’s creamy pepper sauce.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Jan. 2025
The sweet corn bibingka is a sweet and savory corn rice cake with a cream cheese center and topped with shredded white cheddar.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
On top of the injuries and shredded sails, the Zaida had lost the smaller of its two masts, and its life raft had been swept away.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Whataburger advises customers who want to elevate their taste experience to top the taco with Monterey Jack or shredded cheese, bacon, avocado, jalapenos and Whataburger’s creamy pepper sauce.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Jan. 2025
The sweet corn bibingka is a sweet and savory corn rice cake with a cream cheese center and topped with shredded white cheddar.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
On top of the injuries and shredded sails, the Zaida had lost the smaller of its two masts, and its life raft had been swept away.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Shredded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shredded. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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