Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of removing the outer surface in strips.

    Schälen

    чи́сткаčístka, пи́лингpíling, очи́сткиočístki

  2. (countable, uncountable)Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed.

    She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings.

More definitions
  • loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom picked up a knife and started peelings the apples.

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  2. Put those peelings in the dustbin.

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  3. "The potato peelings go in the food-recycling bin." "You what? I'm putting them in the compost!"

    de„Die Kartoffelschalen kommen in die Biotonne.“ – „Ach was! Die bringe ich auf den Kompost!“

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
act of removing the outer surface in strips:
strip of outer surface:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of removing the outer surface in strips:

Forms

plural: peelings
Singularpeeling
Pluralpeelings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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