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# peeler

«peeler» in Mova's school dictionary: **a kitchen tool with a blade for taking the skin off fruit…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a peeler, peelers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A peeler is a kitchen tool with a blade for taking the skin off fruit and vegetables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peeler/#m1)

2) In old British slang, a peeler was a police officer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peeler/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking lessons, pupils use a peeler to peel carrots and potatoes; safety: peel away from your body and keep fingers clear of the blade. In history, police in Britain were called "peelers" or "bobbies" after Sir Robert Peel.

### examples

- Use the peeler to peel the carrots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peeler/#x1)
- Always peel away from yourself with a peeler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peeler/#x2)
- The potato peeler is in the drawer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peeler/#x3)
- I cut my finger on the peeler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peeler/#x4)
- A peeler takes off only a thin layer of skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peeler/#x5)
- In old stories, the peelers chased the thief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peeler/#x6)

### note

Countable. Verb: peel. Do not confuse "peel" (take off skin) with "peal" (ringing of bells).

### In the corpora

- [Graters, peelers and the cut edge of a tin lid take skin off fingers very easily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peeler» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peeler/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.