peeling
noun
the act of a person or thing that peels.
peelings
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pluralof peeling.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Oft-reviled white chocolate may have found an appropriate use sprinkled on top, but my pie was loaded with far too many large shreds and peelings, such that many bites morphed into unpleasant waxiness, then oiliness.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2023
Mr. Bottura has teamed up with chefs from his restaurants to produce four video lessons with tips for using items like vegetable peelings for a sauce and bread crusts to make a caramel cake.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
The 36-year-old said she had been finding potatoes, peelings, pasta and sandwiches in tin foil and cling film "daily" in her horses' field in the weeks before Chicco's death.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2021
I add them to the coffee grounds, potato and carrot peelings, onion and avocado skins, asparagus stubs, the papery bits of garlic, eggshells and dead flowers, and let the worms do the rest.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2020
But she made apple fritters for all, and we were up the other half of the night, bringing back all the peelings we could carry.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
