Peel

Definitions

1. The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
   uncountable, usually
2. A stake.
   obsolete
3. 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.
4. An equal or match; a draw.
   Scotland
5. A surname.
   countable
6. The action of peeling away from a formation.
   countable
7. A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
   obsolete
8. A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
9. A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
10. Robert Peel, former British Prime Minister.
    countable, uncountable
11. A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
    countable
12. A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
    archaic
13. The blade of an oar.
    US, archaic
14. A placename:
    countable, uncountable
15. A town in the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC2484).
    countable, uncountable
16. A former county in Ontario, Canada, abolished in 1974.
    countable, uncountable
17. A regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, created in 1974.
    countable, uncountable
18. A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
    countable, uncountable
19. A region south of Perth, Western Australia.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonym: pizza paddle”

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