: 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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Several inches of loose organic mulch, such as shredded leaves, bark chips, pine needles, or straw is a good choice for helping your lily bulb survive winter.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2025
My favorite was the breakfast bowl (choice of meat, shredded hashbrowns, eggs, hollandaise sauce and arugula salad) and the hot cakes served with macerated blueberries and breakfast meat.
—Ronny Maye, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Pour broth mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a large heatproof bowl; transfer onions and 1 cup of the strained broth to bowl with shredded roast and stir to combine.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2025
This decadent dessert adds the Dubai filling of pistachios and kataifi (shredded phyllo) to cheesecake that’s been enrobed in Valrhona chocolate — then gilds the lily with edible gold and adds a drizzle of rose syrup.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2025
My favorite was the breakfast bowl (choice of meat, shredded hashbrowns, eggs, hollandaise sauce and arugula salad) and the hot cakes served with macerated blueberries and breakfast meat.
—Ronny Maye, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Pour broth mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a large heatproof bowl; transfer onions and 1 cup of the strained broth to bowl with shredded roast and stir to combine.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2025
This decadent dessert adds the Dubai filling of pistachios and kataifi (shredded phyllo) to cheesecake that’s been enrobed in Valrhona chocolate — then gilds the lily with edible gold and adds a drizzle of rose syrup.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Shredded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shredded. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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