orange peel
Britishnoun
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the thick pitted rind of an orange
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anything resembling this in surface texture, such as skin or porcelain
Example Sentences
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Ziskin also created what she calls a “chef-y” combination: rhubarb with pistachio chiffon and mascarpone custard infused with orange peel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
This Washington cider modeled on the Negroni combines Pacific Northwest apples with cherries, cranberries and bitter orange peel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
"It's the citron and the orange peel and the lemon peel and some of those old school preservatives; that's what makes a fruitcake tastes terrible," says Meyer.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2023
The Indian mutanjan pulao is also evocative of the Persian Morasa Polow or jewelled rice that packs in shreds of chicken breast along with barberries, pistachio, raisins and orange peel.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2023
A small pig with runny nose trots by my foot, snuffling some old orange peel.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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