peeling

Collocations

5

ADJ.

little, orange, orange, outside

VERB + PEELING

am, cut, got, paint, trouble

PEELING + NOUN

apple, apples, celery, potatoes

PREP.

in, off, with, without

ADV.

especially, slowly

Definitions

noun

1

The act of removing the outer surface in strips.

In the culinary process, there are none of those peelings and washings as in the case of potatoes and turnips, […] none of those squeezings and mashings and choppings, before the worthless mess can be got upon the table.

2

Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed.

She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming

desquamation
shedding

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

In the culinary process, there are none of those peelings and washings as in the case of potatoes and turnips, […] none of those squeezings and mashings and choppings, before the worthless mess can be

Wiktionary

02

She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings.

Wiktionary

03

The paint is peeling off the weather-beaten wall.

Tatoeba · #26768

04

The paint is peeling off.

Tatoeba · #450046

05

I am peeling the celery and the potatoes.

Tatoeba · #528547

06

I'm peeling the celery and the potatoes.

Tatoeba · #757512