parer
- noun
- /ˈpɛrər/
:
cuchillo de pelar
- The January page, though not a scene of gift exchange, nevertheless showcases the kind of banquet that we have to project back into the chambre parer (Fig. 13).
Examples
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She used a parer to peel the apples for the pie.
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Cercle-Parer.
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Below him, on the second floor, Queen Jeanne de Bourbon had the use of the entire space as well, and even though her apartment lacked a study and a library, it boasted a comparably large chambre parer, the center of her court.
Academic text (2001) -
In addition to the throne, the chambre parer might contain a dressoir, an open cupboard on which to display one's more marvelous possessions, not unlike the way people nowadays crowd their mantelpieces with Christmas and New Year's cards as an index to the extent of their social networks.
Academic text (2001) -
Here, too, the king's apartment, along the south wall, was newly organized around a chambre parer of considerable dimensions, flanked on the left by the chambre de retrait (Fig. 12).
Academic text (2001) -
The nerve center of a court's ceremonial topography was no longer the great hall, where the low-ranking household members took their daily meals and large feasts and banquets were celebrated, but the chambre parer.
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He grabbed a parer from the drawer to slice the potatoes.
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After washing the carrots, she picked up the parer to prepare them for the salad.
Synonyms
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1.6
A small hand tool with a sharp blade that takes off thin fruit and vegetable skin
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3.2
A small sharp knife for peeling and trimming fruit and vegetables
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Parer comes from the verb pare, which comes from the old root parare meaning 'to prepare' and is the same root as prepare. So a parer is a small knife for 'making ready' food by trimming or cutting away the skin.