peeling

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːlɪŋ/
  • Homophone: pealing
  • Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ

Noun

peeling (plural peelings)

  1. The act of removing the outer surface in strips.
    • 1847, Food for the Million. Maize against potato
      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.

Translations

Verb

peeling

  1. present participle of peel

Spanish

Noun

peeling m (plural peelings)

  1. peeling; peel (surgery of remove the outer layer of skin from a part of the body)
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