Peeling

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A piece or strip, as of skin or vegetable rind, that has been peeled off.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of removing the outer surface in strips.
  • n. Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed.
  • v. Present participle of peel.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of stripping off the skin, rind, or bark of a thing; the stripping off of an outer covering or rind.
  • n. That which is stripped off; rind, peel or skin stripped from the object which it covered or to which it belonged: as, potato-peelings.
  • n. In printing, the art or act of removing from an impression-surface one or more layers of a paper overlay, to make a lighter impression.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
  • Verb Form
    peeled    peeling    peels   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    politician    Pol.    political leader    politico    chip    break off    breakaway    come off    chip off   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    keep    plunder    pillage    rob    flay    decorticate    skin    bark    hull    stripe   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Biel    Brasil    Camille    Cecile    Cele    Ciel    Emil    Emile    Keil    Kiel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    out    appears    shame    englished    lead-based    espalier    pleases    ramping    licuit    paenitet