parer

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noun

A tool used to pare things.

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paring knife
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Meanings

nounparer (plural parers)

plural parers

  1. A tool used to pare things.
  2. IrelandA pencil sharpener.

    A: 'yea like I used to have all these little parers and little fancy girly parers but then I was like I'd probably get into trouble ... people would be like 'why do you have that'... so I went for a plain pencil parer'.

    2013 December 6, Russell W. Belk, Linda Price, Lisa Penaloza, Consumer Culture Theory, Emerald Group Publishing, →ISBN, page 84

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables

Similar
paring knife
Broader
knife
Also see
paring knifepencil sharpener

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From pare + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

raper
Cite this entry
APA

parer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parer

MLA

“parer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parer.

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