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Word entry · 4 letters

peel

Best crossword clue

"Fruit skin"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /piːl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eelpStarts with PEnds with L1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The outer skin of fruit or vegetables, or the act of removing it.

Word origin

From Middle English pelen, from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier; both from Latin pilō, pilāre (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pill.

Used in a sentence

  • I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
  • The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
  • I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.

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