peeling
peeling
Definition
peel·ing (pē′liŋ)
noun
a peeled-off strip, as of apple skin
peeling
Synonyms
peeling
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- raw: Use a mixture of layered waste such as autumn leaves, grass cuttings, raw vegetable peeling or shredded paper.
Converse of object
- drop: In this project the pupils gained unexpected results when they dropped vegetable peelings into a fryer.
- prevent: Posters will no longer be stuck directly onto walls, but onto frames which capture all edges of the paper to prevent peeling.
- include: All the controls were active comparisons, tho these included potato peelings and amniotic membrane as well as conventional treatments.
- put: We had my mother's great big iron pot to put potato peelings in.
- compost: Try composting any vegetable peelings or left over food waste in a wormery or the garden.
- throw: Once you've composted you'll hate throwing peelings into the ordinary bin.
Preposition: into
- fryer: In this project the pupils gained unexpected results when they dropped vegetable peelings into a fryer.
Modifies a noun
- bark: The specimen in the corner of the Walled Garden has incredible peeling bark that no artist could have created.
- wallpaper: The peeling wallpaper behind the door had also been marked, with faint traces of handwriting hidden beneath the sodden edges.
- onion: That salt rubbed on the hands after peeling onions will entirely remove the smell.
- potato: Well, we all set to work peeling potatoes.
- paint: Poor overall maintenance can be seen in cracked or peeling paint, crumbling masonry, broken fixtures or shoddy wiring or plumbing.
- break: O- A losing peeling break on the opponent ( see OTP ).
Noun used with modifier
- vegetable: Cardiff council said European regulations meant tea bags or vegetable peelings could not go in bins used to collect " green " waste.
- potato: Potato peelings instead of whole potatoes may be used in any method Compost.
- fruit: Fruit peelings, tea bags, school waste are all placed in these.
- paint: Throughout the building is damp with paint peeling from the walls in places.
- skin: Skin peeling may also occur in later stages of the illness.
- kitchen: Home Composting: Home composting is the best way to recycle green garden waste and kitchen peelings.
Browse dictionary entries near peeling
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