peeler
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- noun
- /ˈpiːlər/
:
pelador
- To make a fresh salad, grab a peeler and start peeling the cucumbers.
- a vegetable peeler
- a potato peeler
- a carrot peeler
I admit he's not too bad or a non Bunny that is next thing you know he'll be inventing a carrot peeler that double S as a rocket ship.
- I admit he's not too bad or a non Bunny that is next thing you know he'll be inventing a carrot peeler that double S as a rocket ship.
Examples
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But when he was five, certain small objects from the kitchen disappeared: teaspoons, egg cups, a potato peeler.
Fiction book (1993) -
She took a peeler from the kitchen drawer and handed it to me.
Fiction book (1992) -
Use a peeler like one for potatoes; they work great.
Blog text (1) -
My mother stopped working and turned to face me, potato peeler held upright in her hand.
Fiction book (1993) -
After you cut the pumpkin, you can peel the outside with a vegetable peeler.
Blog text (14) -
"You kids know what a vegetable peeler is," Walter Demming said.
Fiction book (1995) -
We've got a couple of those vegetable peelers.
Fiction book (1995) -
On the floor were odds and ends of kitchen gadgets, including a potato peeler and a coffee grinder still in their shipping boxes.
Academic text (2010) -
She used the peeler to quickly remove the skin from the potatoes.
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With a sharp peeler, you can easily prepare fruits like apples for baking.
Synonyms
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A small sharp knife for peeling and trimming fruit and vegetables
A small sharp knife used to peel fruits and vegetables
How Easy
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word peeler comes from the action word peel meaning 'to take off the skin' plus the ending -er meaning 'a thing that does', so a peeler is the small hand tool that removes the skin of fruit or vegetables.