peel
/piːl/ noun C2- A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven. · Near-synonym: pizza paddle
- A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
Plural peels
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“And have they all tasted of a slightly bitter flavor, like that of dried orange-peel?”
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- peel To remove the skin or outer covering of. B2
- peel The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, ... B2
- peel To send through a hoop C2
- peel To play a peel shot. C2
- peel A takeout which removes a stone from play as we... C2
- peel away To separate off from the main body
- peel off To separate off from the main body, to move off...
- peel out To start abruptly from a standing stop, acceler...
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