About The Word Paring
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Paring
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What's The Definition Of Paring?
[n] (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"
[n] a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something Synonyms | Synonyms for Paring: shaving | sliver Related Terms | Find terms related to Paring: afterglow | afterimage | balance | bit | bones | butt | butt end | candle ends | chaff | chip | chunk | clip | clipping | collop | crumb | culm | cut | cutting | dandruff | deadwood | debris | detritus | dishwater | dollop | draff | dregs | dust | end | fag end | filings | flake | floccule | flocculus | flock | fossil | fragment | garbage | gash | gob | gobbet | hogwash | holdover | hunk | husks | leavings | lees | leftovers | lump | modicum | moiety | morsel | odds and ends | offal | offscourings | orts | parings | particle | piece | potsherds | rags | rasher | raspings | refuse | relics | remainder | remains | remnant | residue | residuum | rest | roach | rubbish | ruins | rump | sawdust | scale | scoop | scourings | scrap | scrap iron | scraps | scum | scurf | shadow | shard | shards | shaving | shavings | shiver | shred | slack | slag | slice | sliver | slop | slops | smithereen | snack | snatch | snip | snippet | splinter | stitch | straw | stubble | stump | survival | sweepings | swill | tares | tatter | trace | vestige | wastage | waste | waste matter | wastepaper | weeds See Also | fragment | object | physical object | splint Paring In Webster's Dictionary \Par"ing\, n. [From {Pare}, v. t.]
1. The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of
anything.
2. That which is pared off. --Pope.
Pare off the surface of the earth, and with the
parings raise your hills. --Mortimer.
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