parer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a tool used to remove a thin outer layer from fruit, vegetables, or another object

   She used an apple parer to remove the peel in one long spiral.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who pares or trims something

   The experienced parer removed each damaged edge with a small knife.

Formed from pare + the agent or instrument suffix -er. Pare comes through Old French parer from Latin parare, 'to prepare,' and developed the sense 'trim or peel.'

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