paring
/'peəriɳ/
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Definition
- Noun:
- (usually plural) A part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel: A small piece, often the outer layer, that has been removed by cutting or peeling.
- A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something: A small, thin piece of material removed by a cutting or shaving action.
Usage Examples
Noun (plural form, meaning skin/peel): She added the apple parings to the compost bin.The recipe calls for saving the potato parings to make vegetable stock.
Noun (meaning a thin fragment): The carpenter swept up the wood parings from the floor.He examined the metal parings under a microscope.
Advanced Usage
- "Paring down" (related verb phrase): The act of reducing something by removing small parts.
- "Paring knife" (related compound noun): A small knife used for precise cutting and peeling.
Variants and Related Words
- Pare (verb): To trim or cut away the outer part of something.
- Pared (adjective): Describes something that has been trimmed or reduced.
Synonyms
- Peelings: The skin of a fruit or vegetable that has been removed.
- Shavings: Small thin pieces pared off, especially from wood or metal.
- Trimmings: Pieces cut off during the process of making something neat or of the required size.
Related Phrases
- Paring away: The process of gradually removing layers or parts.
- Nail parings: The small pieces of nail cut or filed off.
Notes on Meaning
- The word paring is most commonly used in its plural form (parings) to refer to the collective waste material from peeling or trimming.
- It can refer to the removed material from any object being shaped or reduced, not just food (e.g., wood parings, metal parings).
Noun
- (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel
- she could peel an apple with a single long paring
- a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something