Meaning

14 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)A police officer.

  2. One who peels.

    a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables

  3. One who peels.

    A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.

  4. A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.

  5. (derogatory, slang)A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.

    a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music

  6. A device for peeling fruit or vegetables.

    A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.

    potato peeler

    Kartoffelschäler

    картофелечисткаkartofelečistka

    лушпи́льникlušpýlʹnyk

    a device for peeling vegetables or fruits

  7. An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.

  8. Something to be peeled.

  9. Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.

  10. Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.

    An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.

  11. An ideal wave.

  12. A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. This peeler is easy to handle and sharp.

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  2. This peeler is easy to hold and slices well.

    deDieser Schäler lässt sich leicht halten und schneidet gut.

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  3. This peeler is easy to hold and cuts wonderfully.

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  4. In a pinch, a vegetable peeler can act as a zester.

    deNotfalls kann ein Gemüseschäler als Zitronenschaber herhalten.

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  5. I'd rather peel potatoes with a potato peeler than with an ordinary knife.

    deKartoffeln schäle ich lieber mit einem Kartoffelschäler als mit einem gewöhnlichen Messer.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
kitchen utensil:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
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Origin

From the surname of Sir Robert Peel, who established the Irish constabulary and London's p

From the surname of Sir Robert Peel, who established the Irish constabulary and London's police force; compare bobby, from the given name.

From Middle English peler, piller, pyllare, pilour, pelure, pelour, equivalent to peel + -er.

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Forms

plural: peelers

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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