skin
- noun
- /skɪn/
- The skin of the potato is rich in nutrients, so consider eating it.
- fruit skin
- apple skins
- grape skins
How much vitamin C is in the skin of a potato?
- How much vitamin C is in the skin of a potato?
- Those leaves are what forms the the skin on the onion.
- This includes apples or any fruit or Berry that has the skin on it.
- You know, onion rings, loaded potato skins, carrot cake.
- But the potato said, grandmother didn't get me and pick prickle skin won't get me either.
Examples
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See that purple skin with a light yellow interior?
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For each test, the scientists record changes in the treated fruit's skin color, firmness, and sugar and acid contents.
Academic text (1996) -
The Carmen line is to Earth as the skin of an apple is to an apple.
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You peel off the skin and then you just eat the top part of it.
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How much vitamin C is in the skin of a potato?
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Jackson wanted apple cut up with no skin today, so that's what he got.
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The waters of the Hudson were green, dark green as the skin of cucumbers.
Fiction book (1994) -
Oval, with smooth, white-to-buff skin and white flesh, these are ideal for roasting, steaming, or boiling.
Academic text (2000) -
To make a delicious apple pie, be sure to use fruit with crisp skin.
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When making salsa, it's best to leave the skin on the tomatoes for extra flavor.
Synonyms
The outer skin of a fruit or vegetable that you usually remove before eating
A tough outer skin on foods like fruit, cheese, or bacon that people often remove before eating
The outer covering of a seed, nut, or fruit that you remove before eating
An outer protective covering like skin or a shell that protects a living thing
The outer skin of a fruit or the bark of a tree
The outer skin of a fruit like a peach or grape
The outer skin of a fruit like a peach or grape
Idioms
- Offensive
To scold or punish someone severely to show strong anger, not a real action
- Informal
To annoy someone a lot by small things another person does
Completely wet, with water going through your clothes and reaching your skin
- Informal
Cause a strong feeling of fear or disgust with a creepy physical feeling
Compounds
- Specialized
A small living part of the skin that makes it and helps protect the body
- Specialized
A piece of healthy skin taken from one body part and placed on damaged skin to help it heal
- US
A crisp shell of potato peel fried or baked and topped with melted cheese and bacon
- Specialized
A medical test that puts a small amount of something on the skin to check for allergy or past infection
- Specialized
Change in the skin's tiny electrical activity when you feel stress or strong emotion
- Specialized
A two-layer man-made material used to replace or cover damaged skin after burns
- Specialized
A change in the skin's electrical signal when someone feels stress or strong emotion
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A flexible man-made covering that senses touch and temperature on robot hands and replacement limbs
- Specialized
A test that checks if you have been exposed to tuberculosis bacteria by putting a small medicine under the skin
- Specialized
High-frequency electric current flows mostly near a wire's surface instead of through the whole wire
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skin for fruit comes from the same idea of an outer 'cover' (old skinn), so fruit skin is the thin layer that protects the inside of the fruit.