peeler

«peeler» in Mova's school dictionary: a kitchen tool with a blade for taking the skin off fruit… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a peeler, peelers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A peeler is a kitchen tool with a blade for taking the skin off fruit and vegetables. tree →

2) In old British slang, a peeler was a police officer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking lessons, pupils use a peeler to peel carrots and potatoes; safety: peel away from your body and keep fingers clear of the blade. In history, police in Britain were called "peelers" or "bobbies" after Sir Robert Peel.

examples

• Use the peeler to peel the carrots. tree →
• Always peel away from yourself with a peeler. tree →
• The potato peeler is in the drawer. tree →
• I cut my finger on the peeler. tree →
• A peeler takes off only a thin layer of skin. tree →
• In old stories, the peelers chased the thief. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: peel. Do not confuse "peel" (take off skin) with "peal" (ringing of bells).

In the corpora

• Graters, peelers and the cut edge of a tin lid take skin off fingers very easily.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «peeler» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.