cling
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9.5
- noun
- /klɪŋ/
:
melocotón de pulpa adherente
- It's perfect for things like Ziploc bags, cling film, tinfoil, parch from paper.
- cling peaches
- static cling
- cling wrap
Examples
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Like other clings, the flesh of the new peach remains firm, even as the fruit ripens.
Academic text (1994) -
It is made out of beeswax and it will keep your food fresh just like tin foil or cling film wool as well.
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We can cut windows, put some cling film on it.
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I got it, yes OK, some cling film with some air holes.
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Well, six were frozen, you see, and, uh, wrapped in cling film.
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In early December, Aesop cut his finger opening a can of cling peaches.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm going to wrap this back up in cling film and put it in the fridge and then look up how long I can fridge it for.
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Trees decorated with clinging vines sprang up around the fringes of the pools.
Fiction book (1991) -
With the exception of you and canned cling peaches, I'd be hard-pressed to find anyone or anything that doesn't know you should never leave your car keys in the ignition.
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A fresh peach is a type of cling fruit, where the flesh remains attached to the pit when you bite into it.
Synonyms
A peach whose flesh sticks to the pit and is hard to remove
Compounds
How Attached
7
9.5
- Specialized
1
8.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cling in the fruit sense comes from the old word clingstone, where the flesh 'clings' to the 'stone' or pit. So a cling peach is one whose flesh stays stuck to the pit and does not separate easily.