peel

Examples

• All

• The fruit was next separated into four parts: peel, pulp, seed, and aril.

  Academic text (2018)

• This one came without a peel.

  Roller Squad (2021)

• Some people, they eat it with the peel, some people unpeeled.

• Stir in eggplant and orange peel and cook for another 2 or 3 minutes.

  Academic text (2004)

• His duties included busing tables, mopping floors, peeling potatoes, and general "prep work" for the restaurant.

  Academic text (1992)

• In my recipe, I prefer to add lemon peel for extra flavor.

• The chef instructed us to discard the peel before eating the oranges.

Synonyms

S

skin

vspeel

92 1.0

The thin outer part of a fruit or vegetable

is often thicker and usually removed before eating

R

rine

vspeel

• Archaic

1 9.9

The outer skin of a fruit or the bark of a tree

is the modern everyday food word rather than archaic vocabulary

E

exocarp

vspeel

• Specialized

9.9

The outer skin of a fruit like a peach or grape

is the common food word rather than the technical botanical name

Idioms

P

to peel the onion

• Informal

1 7.6

Carefully look at a problem step by step to find its real cause

Compounds

B

banana peel

7 1.2

The skin of a banana that is slippery and can make someone fall

O

orange peel

5 1.4

The outer skin of an orange that adds flavor or becomes candy

L

lemon peel

1 1.0

Yellow outer skin of a lemon that you grate or cut for cooking

C

candied citrus peel

3.5

Strips of citrus peel cooked in sugar until sweet and soft

L

lemon peel

1.9

Thin strips of lemon skin cooked in sugar and used to decorate desserts

G

grapefruit peel

2.7

Strips of grapefruit skin become a sweet when cooked in sugar and used as a decoration

O

orange peel fungus

9.0

A bright orange cup-shaped growth on the ground that looks like an orange peel

P

potato peel

1.7

A thin fried strip of potato skin eaten as a snack

How Thick

shell

296 1.0

to rind

9.4

peel

72 1.0

skin

92 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology