peeling

P3E1E1L1I1N1G2
/ˈpiːlɪŋ/

noun

The act of removing the outer surface in strips.

“She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings.”

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desquamationshedding
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Meanings

nounpeeling (countable and uncountable, plural peelings)

plural peelings

  1. countableuncountableThe 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.

    1847, Food for the Million. Maize against potato
  2. countableuncountableStrips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed.

    She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings.

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of peel

Synonyms & antonyms

nounloss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

Similar
desquamationshedding
Broader
organic phenomenon
Also see
desquamationshedding

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic تَقْشِير
  • تَقْشِير (taqšīr)act of removing the outer surface in strips
Bulgarian бе́лене, обе́лки
  • бе́лене (bélene)act of removing the outer surface in strips
  • обе́лки (obélki)strip of outer surface
Catalan netegies
  • netegiesstrip of outer surface
Czech loupání
  • loupáníact of removing the outer surface in strips
Dutch schillen
  • schillenact of removing the outer surface in strips
German Schälen
  • Schälenact of removing the outer surface in strips
Māori peha
  • pehastrip of outer surface
Russian чи́стка, пи́линг
  • чи́стка (čístka)act of removing the outer surface in strips
  • пи́линг (píling)act of removing the outer surface in strips
  • очи́стки (očístki)strip of outer surface
  • шелуха́ (šeluxá)strip of outer surface
  • ко́жица (kóžica)strip of outer surface
  • ко́рка (kórka)strip of outer surface
Spanish cáscara
  • cáscarastrip of outer surface
Welsh pil, nadd
  • pilstrip of outer surface
  • naddstrip of outer surface
  • crafionstrip of outer surface
  • creifionstrip of outer surface
  • parionstrip of outer surface

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with peeling

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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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