skinless
Definition
Adjective: - Having no skin: Describes something, typically a piece of food, from which the outer skin or peel has been removed.
Usage
The adjective "skinless" is used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb) to specify that the natural outer covering is absent. It is most commonly applied to food items.
Examples
- Attributive use:
- She prefers skinless chicken breasts for her recipes.
- The supermarket sells skinless sausages and fillets of fish.
- Predicative use:
- After peeling, the potatoes were skinless.
- For this dish, the almonds must be skinless.
Advanced Usage
- In culinary contexts: The term is standard in recipes and food packaging to indicate a prepared state.
- Add 500g of skinless, boneless chicken thighs to the pan.
- In medical or biological descriptions: Can be used more technically to describe a condition or specimen.
- The biopsy sample was skinless tissue.
Variants and Related Words
- Skin (noun): The natural outer covering of an animal or fruit.
- Skin (verb): To remove the skin from something.
- You need to skin the tomatoes before making the sauce.
- Skin-on (adjective): Having the skin left on. This is the direct antonym in culinary contexts.
- He ordered skin-on fries.
Synonyms
- Peeled: Specifically for fruits and vegetables.
- peeled potatoes
- De-skinned: A less common synonym with the same meaning.
Antonyms
- Skin-on
- Unpeeled (for fruits and vegetables)
- With skin
Adjective
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having no skin
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